This article aims to examine the involved factors in the research results transfer in the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) from its innovation capabilities, which will serve as a basis for suggesting effective mechanisms to promote these processes in HEIs, understanding the situational variables on the issue and identifying further research. The carried out methodology is the systematic literature review, by defining research questions, searching strategies and defining criteria of quality of publications, this in order to characterize the process of research results transfer in the HEIs from innovation capabilities, describing the most representative variables and methodological study designs commonly used on the study of this subject. Among the main results, it is observed that the enabling conditions for research results transfer in the HEIs are strategic alliances, market expansion, increased knowledge of competitors, innovation and organizational learning, investment in science, technology and innovation and the actions of knowledge appropriation in organizations. Furthermore, factors that have hindered further research development in this field of knowledge are: lack of support to longitudinal research, fewer trained academic members to research on technology management and knowledge transfer, the lack of inclusion of technology transfer offices oriented to management, administration and commercialization of knowledge in the university context.