Federal Lab Technology Transfer: Issues and Policies

ISBN: 027463869X

Author: Bopp, Gordon R.

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Product DescriptionWithin business and government circles, attention has recently been given to the need to strengthen the ties between federal laboratories and the private sector. Federal Lab Technology Transfer examines current technology transfer efforts between these two sectors and discusses the prospects for increased transfer to private companies. This book identifies problems and issues that have created the steer clear attitude of private businesses toward the federal bureaucratic red tape related to the transfer process. The essays highlight critical factors contributing to the success or failure of the technology transfer process. Finally, this work calls for a challenge for action so that the United States itself will be the primary beneficiary of the vast new technological resource represented by our federal laboratories.Review.,.".There is a growing need for scholarly monographs on technology transfer, and this book marks a new trend in serious attention to the policy issues reflected in technology in the federal lab setting. . ."-Forum for Applied Reseach and Public Policy?....There is a growing need for scholarly monographs on technology transfer, and this book marks a new trend in serious attention to the policy issues reflected in technology in the federal lab setting. . .?-Forum for Applied Reseach and Public Policy?Policy makers and management scholars interested in technology issues and federal transfer will find this collection essential for their understanding to high technology commercialization. The Kondratieff Waves has a potpourri of information and insights on the issue of long waves. It is worth reading.?-Rec. Pubs. on Govt. Problems...".There is a growing need for scholarly monographs on technology transfer, and this book marks a new trend in serious attention to the policy issues reflected in technology in the federal lab setting. . ."-Forum for Applied Reseach and Public Policy"Policy makers and management scholars interested in technology issues and federal transfer will find this collection essential for their understanding to high technology commercialization. The Kondratieff Waves has a potpourri of information and insights on the issue of long waves. It is worth reading."-Rec. Pubs. on Govt. ProblemsAbout the AuthorGORDON R. BOPP is Director of the New Mexico Technological Innovation Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.