A Framework for Assessing and Improving Decision-Making in the Translation of Research and Innovation for Impact

Jason Scholz, Timothy E. Stroh, Joseph J. Richardson, David F. Downes, Swee L. Mak
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The successful translation of research and innovation into impact has never been more important to solve the complex problems facing societies and existential threats to our planet. University research and innovation holds a key to unlock solutions. Innovation practitioners and university research translation offices seeking to support and foster promising innovations face a challenge in determining which innovations have sound prospects for development through to the market. Approaches such as mission-oriented innovation; as well as open innovation, entrepreneurial universities, and educating the educators considered in previous letters all may help, but how can we be sure that our assessments of any given initiative are sound? What are the requisites for successful translation to impact, and what tools might aid in decision making for complex endeavours? There are many theories, tools and methods in use; yet the performance of research translation efforts at universities around the world vary wildly with only a very small number clearly successful and the vast majority, achieving at best, modest results, that are well below their expected potential. At our university, we assembled a multidisciplinary team bringing together research translation expertise and innovation researchers with a record of entrepreneurial success to consider tools that can aid identification and assessment of promising innovations, with a view to best aligning university support. Reflecting on existing translation readiness assessment tools and practitioner knowledge, we argue that a more encompassing and dynamic framework is needed to aid universities in early and ongoing assessment of innovations to effectively steward their development and enhance their potential for success. We provide an early outline of this multi-dimensional assessment tool.
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研究和创新转化决策的评估和改进框架
成功地将研究和创新转化为影响,对于解决社会面临的复杂问题和我们星球面临的生存威胁,从未像现在这样重要。大学的研究和创新是解开解决方案的钥匙。创新实践者和大学研究翻译办公室寻求支持和促进有前途的创新面临着一个挑战,即确定哪些创新具有通过市场发展的良好前景。任务导向创新等方法;开放创新、创业型大学和教育前面提到的教育工作者都可能有所帮助,但我们如何确保我们对任何给定倡议的评估是合理的呢?成功转化为影响的必要条件是什么,哪些工具可能有助于复杂工作的决策制定?有许多理论、工具和方法在使用;然而,世界各地大学的研究翻译工作的表现差异很大,只有极少数人取得了明显的成功,而绝大多数人最多取得了适度的成果,远远低于他们的预期潜力。在我们的大学,我们组建了一个多学科团队,汇集了研究翻译专业知识和具有创业成功记录的创新研究人员,以考虑可以帮助识别和评估有前途的创新的工具,以最好地协调大学的支持。反思现有的翻译准备评估工具和从业者的知识,我们认为需要一个更全面和动态的框架来帮助大学在早期和持续的创新评估中有效地管理他们的发展,提高他们的成功潜力。我们提供了这个多维评估工具的早期大纲。
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Journal of Innovation Management
Journal of Innovation Management Engineering-Engineering (miscellaneous)
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