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Since the Bayh-Dole act, decreased federal funds to research-intensive and extensive universities resulted in a search for alternative resources to continue research activities. Changes made by higher education institutions in strategic orientation initiated the development of technology transfer offices designed to support patent development, licensure to corporations, and spin-off of entrepreneurial efforts. Researchers seek explanatory models to understand variances in university success; however, current models lack full descriptive power. Therefore, we first identify the current research base on technology transfer; propose an alternative view; and, recommend propositions and future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Strategic Issue Diagnosis research focused on the complexity of decision making in a turbulent environment; the cognitive processes associated with interpretation; and, political issues embedded in strategic decision making. However, speed has been ignored. Information gathering and sense making of data through competitive intelligence processes affects the speed associated with interpretation, analysis, and decision making. Through a questionnaire administered in the Pittsburgh region, we identified within organizational factors that assist in counteracting the recursiveness and redundancy inherent in the process hastening strategic decision making. Analysis based on Partial Least Squares regression techniques with bootstrapping enabled generalization of previous research includes the role of speed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]