The organizational culture, a key factor for the transfer of knowledge in the coffee triangle research centers of Colombia

Abstract

The results of a study about organizational culture as a key factor for the transfer of knowledge in the centers and institutes of investigation of the geographical departments forming the coffee triangle region of Colombia. For this purpose, field information was collected in 24 research centers and institutes. The findings show that there is a high valuation in terms of patents, licensing and entrepreneurship product of an organizational culture for the transfer of knowledge. The need to strengthen the organizational culture as a key factor to develop processes of high-level knowledge transfer is concluded. It is recommended to improve the support of the universities and the companies to take more advantage of what has been done in this field of transfer of knowledge.