“What is needed is a cultural attitude towards knowledge sharing”
Pierre Vigier, Deputy Head of Unit “Innovation policy development” in the Commisson’s Enterprise Directorate-General comments on Europe’s shortcomings in technology transfer:
Technology transfer happens when two conditions are fulfilled: First, the existence of a genuine economic interest and secondly that the right conditions for legal protection exist. The first point depends of the actors of technology transfer themselves, and the precondition for along-term effective collaboration is trust. What is needed is a cultural attitude towards knowledge sharing: Identification of the goals, building genuine shared interest.
Listen to the full interview with Pierre Vigier here:
([mp3], 4:25 min)
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