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LPIK — Institut Teknologi Bandung's Integrated Technology Commercialisation Office

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 89% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since a 2010 decree, Institut Teknologi Bandung's LPIK has run an integrated tech-transfer office, incubator, science park and commercialisation firm that helped launch 95 spin-offs by 2019 — later studied as a national model in a 2024 peer-reviewed paper.

95
Quality businesses launched (2010-2019)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Institut Teknologi Bandung — LPIK (Lembaga Pengembangan Inovasi dan Kewirausahaan)
Period
2010–2024
Keywords
technology transfer, university spin-offs, business incubation, innovation ecosystem

Context

LPIK was formally established at Institut Teknologi Bandung by a March 2010 Rector's Decree, bringing entrepreneurship development, incubation, technology transfer and a science park under one roof.

Activities

Named spin-offs include the KAZEE Intelligence platform and the Karla Bionics prosthetic-arm venture, both licensed out of university-held patents.

Results

LPIK's own account states it helped launch 95 'quality businesses' in the ITB environment between 2010 and 2019.

Conclusions

A 2024 peer-reviewed study found Indonesian universities' commercialisation models, including ITB's, often import frameworks built for developed-country contexts and do not fully accommodate local labs, industry and intermediaries.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
technology transfer office staff, incubator managers

Conditions for success

  • integrated TTO, incubator, science park and commercialisation company under one roof

Common failure modes

  • commercialisation model imports developed-country frameworks not fully suited to the local context

Commonly funded by

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