Special Issue of Production and Operations Management: Technology Commercialization, Entrepreneurship & Growth Driven Operations

摘要

Increasingly, the global economy relies on the commercialization of technology and entrepreneurship as the twin engines for economic growth. The gap between fundamental R&D and market diffusion is being bridged by systematic technology transfer and commercialization efforts within universities, national labs as well as in corporate settings. This gap is particularly tricky to navigate in the life sciences and energy sectors, where the long development cycles, need to rely on complementary assets, variations in public policy, and uncertain market growth require organizations to set up uniquely flexible and responsive operations while the underlying technologies become commercially viable.