The six vocations of Technology Transfer Accompaniment vocation Equipment sale: equipment plus share of technology and know-how Infrastructure vocation Technology transfer linked to the development of cities, harbors, motorways, airports, urban transports and country planning Production vocation Technology transfer linked to agricultural production, to metals conversion, to extraction…. Developing vocation Both commercial and industrial Delocalisation vocation Technology transfer linked to a production transfer R & D vocation
Definition of Technology Transfer Is the sale or concession, in order to make profit, of a written or oral set of knowledge which will allow the buyer to use tools, techniques and methods, in the same way than the seller for him to be able to manufacture and to make profit out of this operation
Limited technical assistance Show-How Subcontracting Limited technical assistance
Full technical aid with scientific assistance Know-How Full technical aid with scientific assistance Adaptation and use of materials Transmission of results, of formulas
Transmission of research work Know-How Transmission of research work The technology supplier transmits the conception Explanation of formulars
Common R & D, integrated between purchaser/seller of technology Know-Everything Transmission of SECRETS, « Tour de main » and Core technology (calculation programs) Common R & D, integrated between purchaser/seller of technology
Boomerang effect The technology purchaser adapts and overtakes technologically and progressively the first user