Investigating the Factors Affecting the Process of Commercialization and Innovation in Medical Sciences Research

The transformation of knowledge and ideas into wealth and the attempt to identify the factors influencing the commercialization and innovation of medical science research as one of the cornerstones of knowledge-based economics is a necessity. So the purpose of the research the of present study was to investigate the factors affecting the process of research commercialization from the viewpoint of the academic staff and employees of the Tabriz University of medical Science. This study was ‘applied’ regarding the objective, and ‘descriptive- regarding the data collection. The population of the study involved Using the Morgan Table, 260 academics and 377 employees. For collecting data on the commercialization factors, Esfanjani and Dehkordi’s questionnaire (2014) was used. . The results of the t-test showed that all the factors of culture, structure, behavior, and facilitation of regulations contributed to the commercialization of research findings according to the academics and employees of Tabriz University. The IHP test indicated that the ‘behavior’ factor with the weight of 0.58 ranked first, the ‘culture’ factor with the weight of 0.23 came second, the ‘structure’ factor with the weight of 0.12 had the third rank, and the ‘regulations facilitation’ factor with the weight of 0.049 held the fourth rank. the results of the study showed that, according , the factors of university culture, supply of information and resources, institution, facilitation of regulations, and training were effective in the commercialization of research findings, of which the ‘behavior’ factor had the most contribution