Academic institutions and companies need professionals with a high level of understanding of the scientific principles who can bridge the gap between science and business to more effectively manage and market knowledge-intensive products. As the interaction between business and science is not always smooth due to differences in culture between the two fields, successful networking processes to link academia and business, with proper guidance, is a prerequisite for turning advanced scientific research results into commercial opportunities. With the goal to enable dialogue between science and business, and in so doing, to facilitate a two-way source of progress and innovation, LSM NETWORK provides services to:
- connect innovators, researchers and business
- situate scientific and technological academic advances within a business context
- connect company business interests with academic research expertise
- establish a scientific focus on closer-to-the-market activities
- transfer scientific knowledge from the research area into industry
- establish technology transfer from universities to the private sector
- facilitate businesses to understand and act on future opportunities of using science
- facilitate academics and business managers in working together to develop new insights and technologies, and translating them into commercial opportunities
- establish long-term science to business collaborations