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Determining the Priority of University Technology Transfer Office Activities for Each Group of the Stakeholder Using SWARA Method

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This chapter is an attempt to summarize the University Technology Transfer Office (UTTO) activities firstly. The main objective is to determine the priority of these activities for each group of the stakeholder; namely, students, academicians, and industry. UTTOs promote the conversion of knowledge created at university to marketable goods; which makes them crucial for the countries. Moreover, UTTOs serve to the economic development of countries by bringing companies and researchers together and motivating them for technology transfer. In this study, we firstly examine the UTTOs to understand the dynamics of these offices. Then, we list the critical activities of the UTTOs and conduct three surveys specific to each group of the stakeholder where the participants evaluate the relative importance of the activities determined. Importance/priority of UTTO activities is determined using Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method, for each group of the stakeholder. Finally, the results are presented, which will shed light on the decisions in managing and organizing UTTO activities.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Melis Almula Karadayi

  2. Department of Management Information Systems, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Yeliz Ekinci

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Turkey

    Y. Ilker Topcu

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, Turkey

    Şule Önsel Ekici

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Turkey

    Özgür Kabak

  4. School of Management, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

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Karadayi, M.A., Ekinci, Y. (2022). Determining the Priority of University Technology Transfer Office Activities for Each Group of the Stakeholder Using SWARA Method. In: Topcu, Y.I., Önsel Ekici, Ş., Kabak, Ö., Aktas, E., Özaydın, Ö. (eds) New Perspectives in Operations Research and Management Science. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 326. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91851-4_17

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