Title: Technology broking activities in Europe – a survey

Authors: Eleanor J. Morgan, Nick Crawford

Addresses: School of Management, University of Bath, Bath, Avon, BA2 7AY, UK. ' JCL Advisers, Claverton House, Cirencester, Gloucester, GL7 1YG, UK

Abstract: This paper examines the state of development of technology broking activities in the EU in the light of a survey recently conducted for the European Commission, DG XI11 under its European Innovation Monitoring System. It appears that, despite the recent growth of such activities, there is considerable scope for further development. The managerial gap in many SMEs means that the services of outside intermediaries are often essential to participate successfully in technology markets. Yet provision is generally very fragmented even in the UK, where the technology broking |industry| is most established. Based on the results of the research, a number of public policy recommendations are made to enhance provision and assist SMEs to build up their technological competence through the diffusion of industrial best practice.

Keywords: EU technology brokers; licensing; technology transfer; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; European Union; technology management; technology broking; public policy; technological competence; best practice.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1996.025500

International Journal of Technology Management, 1996 Vol.12 No.3, pp.360 - 367

Published online: 22 May 2009 *

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