The Factors, Policies and Modes of Commercialising Green Fertiliser: The Case of Malaysian Public-funded Research Institutes

摘要

In Malaysia, Public Research Institutions (PRIs) are facing with many modes in the commercialisation of the intellectual property(IP) rights. The modes of IP rights commercialisation, including spin-off, joint venture, licensing, contract research, collaborativeresearch, industry consultancy and education or training. However, the initiative to commercialising IP remains limited due to the highcosts and risks in early commercialisation stage. Thus, Government.s roles and initiatives are inevitable to provide assistance and supportto PRIs. Knowing these gaps may help PRIs to reflect their strategies and to relieve the weak point in order to enable them to stepforward to spearhead and stimulate the commercialisation outcomes of PRIs. This article focuses on the concept of framework oncommercialisation strategies for green fertiliser's invention in Malaysia. The study will be conduct among PRIs in Malaysia. Qualitativecase studies will be conduct to select a suitable mode of IP rights commercialisation, according to the role of factors, and policies o PRIson transferring idea to profitable IPR. It is suggested that a case study analysis will be useful to further formulate propositions and tolearn the green fertiliser commercialisation based invention of PRIs outcomes. The proposed framework contributes to the existing bodyof literature related to technology transfer and commercialisation strategies in the Malaysia green fertiliser industry.