Dana Mietzner is Professor for innovation management and regional development at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany. Her current research interests are on the collaborative development of innovations, new approaches in knowledge and technology transfer as well as method development and implementation for strategic foresight in SMEs.Christian Schultz is Professor of business administration, at hwtk (University of Applied Sciences) in Berlin, Germany. His research interests are in different areas of entrepreneurship and innovation management such as the entrepreneurial team, entrepreneurial finance, and tools for knowledge and technology transfer.

• The Technology Transfer Challenge.- List of Contributors.- Part 1.- Inventions and their commercial exploitation in German universities: Analyzing determinants among academic researchers.- Do startups benefit from incubation? An analysis of startups’ absorptive capacity.- Absorptive Capacity Approach to Technology Transfer at Corporate Accelerators: A Systematic Literature Review.- Strategy Processes in Technology Transfer Offices: Antecedents and Consequences.- Role and Impact of Maker Spaces in Universities Third Mission – The ViNN:Lab Case.- Does Technology Scouting Impact Spin-out Generation? An Action Research Study in the Context of an Entrepreneurial University.- Technology Transfer through Intersectoral Partnerships – The Case of Digitization in the German Health Sector.- Part 2.- The Relevance of Technology Transfer.- Start-ups as relevant supporters and initiators of sustainability attributes in global value chains of the future.- Progressive University Technology Transfer ofInnovation Capabilities to SMEs: An Active and Modular Educational Partnership.- Facilitating Knowledge and Technology Transfer via a Technology Radar as an Open and Collaborative Tool.- Using open innovation platforms for technology transfer.- Toward Systemic Strategy Development: A Contextual Innovation Framework.- University Technology Transfer as Control Parameter of Complex Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.- About the Authors.