A knowledge-based development model: the research chair strategy

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model for the knowledge‐based development (KBD) of a region using a research chair strategy at Tecnologico de Monterrey, to describe its impact and to propose its use in organizations that generate scientific and technological knowledge, especially research groups, in a university environment.Design/methodology/approach – The approach employed in this research evolves around a strategy for setting up research chairs (research groups headed by a lead investigator) which is a type of action research methodology whose steps are: planning a research program which is clear, focused and with an impact on regional development, implementing it, observing the corresponding processes and results, and reflecting on them. The components of the KBD model include human and intellectual capital (research professors and research students), research products (journal articles, conference papers, books and patents), research funding, entrepreneurial spin‐offs emerging f...

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