Commercialisation surveys

The annual commercialisation survey illustrates the efforts and results of public research institutions in technology transfer.

It has been conducted jointly by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation and The National Network for Technology Transfer according to the international standards for such surveys.

European harmonisation

An Expert Group from Knowledge Transfer Metrics set up by DG Research of the European Commission presents ways to improve coherence and convergence between existing surveys of knowledge transfer from public research organisa-tions (PROs) to business and other sectors in society:

Metrics for Knowledge Transfer from Public Research Organisations in Europe - Report from the European Commission’s Expert Group on Knowledge Transfer Metrics

"The purpose of this report is to improve the possibility for individual PROs and Member States to monitor and compare their achievements in this field against themselves over time and against each other, in order to identify trends and to support work on improvements if needed. This is important because more science output should be made more readily available for cultural, social and economic development.".