Knowledge transfer or technology transfer is a part of the global process of commercialization and it is presented as the transfer of intellectual capital and knowhow between organizations with the goal of building innovation. The literature defines different factors that may affect on the knowledge transfer performance in terms of obtained income from applied research activity, from the institutional level (government policies) down to an individual level (each researcher has his/her own personality). In between, we can find different factors related to the universities/research institutions or research teams\' performance. In the area of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), the research policy that the government has defined to encourage the most active research teams, in terms of knowledge transfer, consists on the awarding of a quality label network (TECNIO). In order that a research team can apply to become part of this network, the government requires that they implement a research management strategy, which includes a quality standard, a marketing plan and an internal public relations plan. In exchange, the government offers funding during the first 1000 days of joining the TECNIO network, which also gives recognition and institutional value to the research team, increasing its capacity to collaborate with companies, as well as motivating the research team members. In this paper we present the most relevant factors that the literature has identified in the context of a research team to promote knowledge transfer. We also show seven different research teams belonging to the TECNIO network, their objective performance indicators to explore whether and up to what degree there is a correlation with the fact of implementing a management strategy and the technology transfer performance.