5 REB 2016 Vol. 8, No. 2 RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Abstract International knowledge transfer contributes to the competitiveness of enterprises and regions, to the ranking of universities, and to solving common global problems. Based on a systematic literature review, the main purpose of the current study is to explore the channels, motivations, activities and outcomes, and influencing factors of university to industry international knowledge transfer (U-I IKT), and understand how the concept is related to the inter- nationalisation of R&D, innovation systems and higher education. e paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge by creating an integrated framework for understanding U-I IKT. It proposes that U-I IKT can be conceptualised on the basis of two dimensions – on the one hand, as an activity that has distinct channels, motivations, activities and outcomes, and influencing factors. On the other hand, U-I IKT can be seen as a stream of research on its own right, albeit overlapping with other areas of the internationalisation of knowledge transfer, namely the internationalisation of innovation systems, firm R&D activities and higher education institutions. JEL classification codes: O30 Keywords: international knowledge transfer, university-industry collaboration, cross border, institutional distance International Knowledge Transfer from University to Industry: A Systematic Literature Review Madhav Govind Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110067, New Delhi, India Phone: +91 9868732956, e-mail: mgovind11@gmail.com Merle Küttim Department of Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology Akadeemia tee 3, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia Phone: +372 620 3971, e-mail: merle.kuttim@ttu.ee