Components of Technology Transfer Modes: Evidence from Russian Research Institutions

The transfer of technological and scientific knowledge has become a great priority in many spheres: the development of science and even economic growth depend on the success of transferring knowledge and technologies from university and academic areas to industry. Although the great number of research papers were devoted to the problem of investigating factors which influence technology transfer from different sides: from perspectives of universities, firms, scientific organizations – this work is devoted to estimate factors which affect technology transfer in research institutions within reality of Russian innovation system. Thus, the research question driving the work is which science-based factors can influence the technology transfer of Russian research institutions? In exploring this research question it was constructed a model capturing several determinates of technology transfer: the sources of funding for R&D, the extramural and intramural R&D labor and presence of scientific publications. The study is based on the qualitative approach-econometrical study using data from Survey on innovation activity of research organizations in Russia in 2015: “Monitoring the innovation activity of actors of the innovative process”, that was carried out by the Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics . Statistical results allow highlighting classification of three stable groups of the research organizations in Russian Federation: institutions which are weekly funded, mainly funded and middle-sponsored by federal budget where the mix of policies including recruitment, financial and science-oriented strategies can lead to more intense technology transfer activity within organizations.