Fostering Technology Transfer and Commercialization

This report responds to a request by the CNIC, through its Secretariat, to review Chile´s knowledge/technology transfer and commercialization system and identify practical steps to accelerate the development of an effective and dynamic system.

The overall objective is to expand the number of firms in Chile that use knowledge as its main competitive strategy. The remainder of the report is structured as follows. Chapter 2 conducts a
diagnostic of Chile’s current system, and Chapter 3 provides recommendations to upgrade technology transfer and commercialization practices and incentives in Chile considering its current endowments and lessons learned from international reference models. Chapter 4 summarizes the conclusions of the review.