Networking
Once the potential area of collaboration has been identified, the next major
hurdle is to find the best partners to provide the right range of
competencies, with the right fit of non- competitive interests.
Since the most "comfortable" collaboration is with companies operating in
non-competitive market sector, this often requires knowledge and a
network of contacts outside of the core competence of the company. Many
companies would benefit from using skills and expertise of commercial
technology licensing organisations, or third party technology transfer
agencies; a role being increasingly played by, for example, the Knowledge
Transfer Networks in the UK.
We can help you to identify the areas of technology most suited to
collaborative R&D, and provide links into the networks to support this
activity.
