Developing a SCM Model for Improving Leadership Role of STPs in Knowledge and Technology Transfer from Research and Innovation Centers

Scientific society such as universities, research and innovation centers, have an important role between the social, political and economical factors, which have a valuable effect on the economical and technological development in a society. The process begins from creation and developing knowledge and technology, which usually starts from universities and research centers and continues with a practical and commercialization approach in establishing and developing firms and industries with their Services and products. This process could be seen as a chain with universities, research & innovation centers as suppliers in one side, and companies and industries as users in the other side. For the connection between two sides of this chain, an important link is needed to transfer the knowledge and developed technology from research centers to industries practically. In this paper, we are going to show that how the Science and Technology Parks (STPs) play the leadership role in this chain with using the Supply Chain Management (SCM) model and strategy to make an integrated network between this chain parts and processes.