Technology transfer and US public sector innovation

"Technology Transfer and US Public Sector Innovation provides an overview of US technology policies that are the genesis for observed technology transfer activities. By describing the technology transfer process from US federal laboratories and other public sector organizations, this exploratio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Link, Albert N., Oliver, Zachary T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2020, 2020
Series:New horizons in innovation management series
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Irwin Feller
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An historical context for technology transfer activity in the United States
  • 3. U.S. technology transfer policies toward federal laboratories and agencies
  • 4. The economics of technology transfer
  • 5. On the effectiveness of U.S. technology transfer policies
  • 6. Literature on U.S. federal laboratory and agency technology transfer mechanisms
  • 7. U.S. federal agency technology transfer mechanisms and metrics
  • 8. Agency growth rates of selected technology transfer mechanism metrics
  • 9. Agency examples of successful technology transfers
  • 10. A public sector knowledge production function
  • 11. Exploring the broader impact of R&D spending on technology transfer in federal agencies
  • 12. Exploring publications as a technology transfer mechanism
  • 13. Exploring new technology transfer metrics
  • 14. Technology transfer from the small business innovation research (SBIR) program
  • 15. Concluding remarks
  • Referenc
  • Includes bibliographical references