Mario Cisneros
Austral University/ Maastricht University

Cooperation between research organizations (ROs) and industrial organizations facilitates the flow and use of scientific and technological knowledge. Competitiveness of the industry and the rise in the welfare of societies is increasingly connected to the incorporation of innovative technology in products and services.1 An important objective of the European Union (EU) innovation system is to convert knowledge into technology, to link technological and scientific knowledge generators with users and to generate social and economic benefits from the public investment in Research & Development (R&D).