Organizational potential of universities for commercialization : the analysis of university management models in the scope of commercialization

The article presents the formal and organizational aspects of the university’s potential for commercialization and indicates the desired direction of development in this area. The first part of the article focuses on the theoretical framework of the essence of commercialization. This is followed by the characterization of the models of commercialization in terms of university organizational structures in the world and in Poland. The empirical part presents the conducted analysis of the existing commercialization models at the domestic universities. The directions of changes in this area were indicated on the basis of the assessment of the organizational potential of Polish universities for commercialization.