This special issue of Industry and Higher Education is devoted to a selection of papers and reports from TTI '98, an international conference on technology transfer and innovation held in London in July 1998. In this introductory paper, the author provides the context of the conference, summarizes presentations made by invited speakers and gives personal reflections on the event.
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