{"id":81960,"date":"2026-03-11T07:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leitat.org\/blog\/la-transferencia-de-coneixement-el-repte-pendent-de-la-innovacio\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:11:43","slug":"knowledge-transfer-the-pending-challenge-of-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leitat.org\/en\/blog\/knowledge-transfer-the-pending-challenge-of-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Transfer: The Pending Challenge of Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"81960\" class=\"elementor elementor-81960 elementor-81945\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee646c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ee646c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1541d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1541d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his opinion article published in <strong>Fulls d\u2019Enginyeria, Ramon Pastor<\/strong>, President of Leitat, reflects on one of the main challenges of the innovation system: <strong>the effective transfer of knowledge to the industrial sector<\/strong>. Despite having a strong scientific ecosystem and highly qualified talent, a significant part of the knowledge generated still does not reach the market with the impact it should.<\/p><p>Pastor highlights the role of technology centres as a bridge between research and industry, capable of translating scientific knowledge into practical solutions, reducing technological risks and facilitating industrial implementation. 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