Abstract
Universities are the most important source for knowledge
generation, technology development and its transfer. It is widely
known that for innovation integration of different factors e.g.
policy matters by Government, needs by society and economic
development by Industry, are required. The main objective of
this research is to determine the absence of some mechanisms
that hinder the process of commercialization for academic
research. The study has adopted quantitative and qualitative
research methodologies. For quantitative data the close ended
questionnaire based on Likert scale has been designed, for
qualitative data semi structured interviews conducted by
officials i.e. professors, associate professors, researchers,
practitioners. The units of analysis for this research are
universities in Sindh. Three main actors of commercialization
process has been focused i.e. university, industry and
government. Further, this study investigates various
mechanisms and platforms for technology transfer. The factors
related to the process of commercialization have been evaluated
in 3 universities of Sindh. The study come up with some causes
that hinder the commercialization of academic Intellectual
property furthermore it propose some loopholes to overcome
the challenges
Dahshilla Junejo, Maryam Kalhoro, Dr. Shakeela Shah . (2020) The Emerging Concept of Entrepreneurial University: A Case Study of Public Sector Universities in Pakistan, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 3.
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