Technology transfer: a new culture

Author

Kaufman, Kathy A. ; Tebelak, Ruby M.

Author_Institution

Technol. Transfer Dept., Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28 Sep-1 Oct 1994

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Universities and trade associations have had a long history of collaboration with industry to commercialize their research products. In 1989, the US Congress decided that the national laboratories should increase the nation´s economic competitiveness by sharing laboratory-developed technologies with US industries. Laboratory scientists working in unclassified areas no longer could freely share their information, and for the first time they had to market their technologies. The government´s new technology transfer policy affected the laboratories and government agencies as well as industry. Their challenge is to recognize that successful technology transfer depends on effective communication and adapting to a completely new culture

Keywords

economic and sociologic effects; government policies; technical presentation; technology transfer; US Congress; US industries; economic competitiveness; effective communication; government agencies; laboratory-developed technologies; national laboratories; new culture; research products; technology transfer; trade associations; universities; Commercialization; Educational institutions; Electrical equipment industry; Government; Industrial training; Laboratories; Management training; Research and development; Technological innovation; Technology transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1994. IPCC '94 Proceedings. Scaling New Heights in Technical Communication., International

Conference_Location

Banff, Alta.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1936-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1994.347552

Filename

347552