IAM Prestudy LiU/UU/LTU

Important results from the project

The focus of the pre-study has been to identify obstacles, strengths, weaknesses and issues within the academic innovation system for a broader understanding of the management of intellactual assets. The feasibility study will result in a proposal for an implementation project that fully or partially develops models, structures and processes for increased clarity in the management of intangible assets as a result of the universities´ research.

Expected long term effects

The pre-study identified a number of obstacles to increase the utilisation of research results: Small and distributed resources and competencies Efficiency in knowledge asset management One-sidedly focused models for commercialization. Three pilot projects in an implementation project: Development of a common model for identification and classification of ideas New ways of commercialization: Focus on licenses and different commercialization tools Incentives and models for operational collaborations between higher education institutions´ innovation systems

Approach and implementation

The feasibility study began with a number of dialogue meetings between the three holding companies that were part of the project group and two digital meetings with participants from SNITT´s SIG-IMP group. This was followed by three workshops together with the universities´ innovation support and the legal function (see below), as well as a broader desk study. Finally, the project group has conducted a number of additional dialogue meetings for synthesis. During the latter part of the feasibility study, the project group also received some conclusions from the IMP project.