TYLA: Market-pull policies promote commercialization of research and development results

Author name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Hien

Thesis title: Market-pull policies promote commercialization of research and development results

Dissertation field: Science and Technology Management

Code: 834 04 01

Name of Postgraduate training unit: University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

1. Purpose and research objects of the thesis

1.1 Purpose of the thesis

The thesis aims to develop a market-pull policy to promote the commercialization of R&D results with scientific and practical basis in the context of innovation in the S&T management mechanism and international economic integration of the country. To achieve this research goal, the thesis sets out the following specific objectives:

• Theoretical basis of policies to promote commercialization of R&D results (state basic concepts of policies to promote commercialization of R&D results, relationships between concepts; theoretical framework of policies to promote commercialization of R&D results);
• Current status of policies promoting commercialization of research and development results (including: domestic context or macro-management institutions of commercialization of R&D results; analysis and assessment of current policy system for promoting commercialization of R&D results);
• Proposing a market-pull policy framework to promote commercialization of R&D results in Vietnam.

1.2 Research object of the thesis

The thesis focuses on research on market policies to promote commercialization of R&D results within the time range from 2005 to 2015.

2. Thesis research methods

- Desk study: is applied to analyze primary and secondary documents. Primary documents include: relevant legal documents and Party documents, scientific works, official statistics of competent state agencies. Secondary documents include: articles, magazines, analytical conclusions made by other authors.

- Sociological research: this method is used to provide data to prove the current state of the research problem.

- Case studies are used in surveys and assessments of the commercialization of research results of science and technology organizations and state-level research topics to discover research problems and develop research hypotheses.

- Expert interviews are used to collect the opinions of highly qualified experts to review and assess research problems and strengthen research arguments.

3. Main results and conclusions

3.1 Main results

Firstly, an overview of scientific works published domestically and internationally related to the topic of the thesis.

Second, based on research and inheritance of existing documents from Vietnam and internationally, the thesis presents a system of concepts related to the issue of market-pull policies to commercialize research and development results (including the concepts: economic institutions in a market economy, research and development results, commercialization of research and development results, intermediary organizations of the technology market, science and technology policy and market-pull policies), analyzing the mutual relationship between these concepts.

Third, from analyzing and evaluating the current status of policies to promote commercialization of research and development results, the thesis has clarified the advantages and disadvantages of policies to promote commercialization of research and development results in Vietnam today.

Fourth, based on the assessment of the current implementation of policies to promote commercialization of research and development results, the thesis proposes a market-pull policy framework to promote commercialization of research and development results.

3.2 Conclusion

Commercialization of research and development results is very important in enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises and accelerating the process of industrialization and modernization of the country. However, commercialization of research and development results is not easy and requires time to experience and summarize. Up to now, the Party and the State have issued many policies to promote the commercialization of research and development results. The policies and legal documents issued by the State have had a positive impact on the commercialization of research and development results. However, the policies related to commercialization issued by the State based on the "technology push" perspective have not really promoted the commercialization of research and development results. "Market pull" policies promote the commercialization of research and development results with a consistent perspective of placing the "market" factor as the starting point and the destination of the research - development - production chain as proposed by the scientific community. In the current context of globalization, an innovative approach to building “market-pull” policies to promote the commercialization of research and development results is an increasingly urgent requirement for socio-economic development and national industrialization and modernization.

SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS

The author's name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Hien

Thesis title: Market-pull policy on commercilization support of research and development findings

Major: Science and Technology Management

Code: 834 04 01

The name of postgraduate training institution: University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University.

1. Thesis purpose and objectives

1.1 Thesis purpose

The thesis aims to build market-pull policy on commercialization support of R&D findings on scientific and practical basis in the context of S&T management mechanism innovation and international economic integration. With this research purpose, the thesis's specific objectives are:

• The rationale for R&D findings commercialization support policy (basic concepts of R&D findings commercialization support policy, the relationship among concepts; theoretical framework of R&D findings commercialization support policy);
• Current status of R&D findings commercialization support policy (including the domestic situation or macromanagement regulations on R&D findings commercialization; analysis and evaluation of current policy system on R&D findings commercialization support);
• Recommendations for market-pull policy framework on R&D findings commercialization support in Vietnam.

1.2 Research object

The thesis focuses on researching market-pull policy on R&D findings commercialization support during the period 2005-2015.

2. Research methods

- Desk study is used for analyzing primary and secondary resources. Primary resources include legal documents and related documents under the Party, scientific researches, official statistics under public agencies and authorities. Secondary resources are newspapers, magazines and other authors' findings.

- Sociological research is used to provide data evidence for the current status of the research object.

- Case study is used in surveys and evaluations of R&D findings commercialization by S&T organizations and state-level researches in order to identify the research object as well as put forward research hypotheses.

- Interview with consultants is used to collect the evaluations of qualified consultants in order to examine and assess the research object as well as to support research arguments.

3. Major results and conclusions

3.1 Major results

Firstly, the thesis presents an overview of related scientific researches published at national and international scale.

Secondly, upon the research and inheritance of national and international documents, the thesis presents a system of concepts related to market-pull policy on R&D findings commercialization (concepts of economic regulations in market economy, R&D findings, R&D findings commercialization, intermediaries in technology market, S&T and market-pull policies) and analyzes the interrelationship among these concepts.

Thirdly, upon the analysis and evaluation of current policy on commercialization support of R&D findings, the thesis clarifies the advantages and disadvantages of current R&D findings commercialization support policy in Vietnam.

Finally, upon the evaluation of current performance of R&D findings commercialization support policy, the thesis proposes market-pull policy framework on R&D findings commercialization support.

3.2 Conclusions

R&D findings commercialization is a very important factor in enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises as well as speeding up the industrialization and modernization process of the country but it is not easy and takes time to commercialize R&D findings. Up to now, The Party and State have issued many policies on commercialization support of R&D findings. The issued policies and legal documents have created positive impact to R&D findings commercialization, however the issued commercialization policies related to 'push technology' have not significantly supported R&D findings commercialization. 'Market-pull' policy on commercialization support of R&D findings with the focal point of 'market' as the starting point and destination of the series activities: research – development – ​​manufacture has been widely recommended. In the current context of globalization, the innovative approach of developing 'market-pull' policy on commercialization support of R&D findings is in highly growing demand for economic and social development, industrialization and modernization process of the country.