Technology transfer to and from the industrial and commercial sectors

How can software engineering tools and techniques that have been developed at research centres be tested and used in the industrial setting? To what extent should software engineering educators lead or follow the industrial sector? To address these two questions, the article concludes that: the two most reliable methods to ensure that software engineering tools and techniques that have been developed at research centres be tested and used in the industrial setting are: to infiltrate industry with appropriately trained students, and to encourage industry funded full time research; and as there is a time lag in introducing educational changes, it is important that software engineering educators lead the industrial sector