ASU Global Center for Technology Transfer
@global_center_for_technology_transfer_asu_gctt
Phoenix, Arizonahttps://gctt.asu.edu/ Higher EducationOverview
About ASU Global Center for Technology Transfer
The Global Center for Technology Transfer at ASU is a collaboration between four university units (the School of Public Affairs, W.P. Carey School of Business, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and Thunderbird School of Global Management), bound together with a singular goal: to bridge the gap between technology transfer research and managerial practice and public policy formation.
The vision of GCTT is to be recognized as the leading entity in the world for bridging research and practice on tech transfer at universities and federal/national labs and its connection to entrepreneurial growth, economic, and social development, with a focus on the intersection of “micro” and “macro” issues. We aspire to be the world leader in executive education for intellectual property managers at firms, universities, federal/national labs and public research institutes, and managers of incubators/accelerators and science/technology parks.
The mission of GCTT is to advance a broad, interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral understanding of the effectiveness of technology transfer at these institutions. Emphasis is placed on global issues in research, practice and education.
We are social scientists who move our vison and mission forward by conducting leading-edge, interdisciplinary research, drawing on ASU’s vast, unique expertise and tapping into the resources and capabilities of key external partners.
Our approach addresses the weaknesses in tech transfer research and practice, which has been (historically) based on a singular disciplinary foundation, especially with an emphasis on “macro” issues, such as strategy and organizational performance. However, the intersection of “micro”/individual qualities (e.g., neurological and psychological) of scientists/entrepreneurs, and the macro characteristics relating to management, organizational, technological (e.g., AI), and socio-cultural processes, is key to successful technology transfer.
The vision of GCTT is to be recognized as the leading entity in the world for bridging research and practice on tech transfer at universities and federal/national labs and its connection to entrepreneurial growth, economic, and social development, with a focus on the intersection of “micro” and “macro” issues. We aspire to be the world leader in executive education for intellectual property managers at firms, universities, federal/national labs and public research institutes, and managers of incubators/accelerators and science/technology parks.
The mission of GCTT is to advance a broad, interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral understanding of the effectiveness of technology transfer at these institutions. Emphasis is placed on global issues in research, practice and education.
We are social scientists who move our vison and mission forward by conducting leading-edge, interdisciplinary research, drawing on ASU’s vast, unique expertise and tapping into the resources and capabilities of key external partners.
Our approach addresses the weaknesses in tech transfer research and practice, which has been (historically) based on a singular disciplinary foundation, especially with an emphasis on “macro” issues, such as strategy and organizational performance. However, the intersection of “micro”/individual qualities (e.g., neurological and psychological) of scientists/entrepreneurs, and the macro characteristics relating to management, organizational, technological (e.g., AI), and socio-cultural processes, is key to successful technology transfer.