Expanding the Concept of Technology Transfer: Opportunities for Government-Industry Cooperation

摘要

The Denver Research Institute recently completed an exploratory study to examine how NASA might accelerate and expand the application of NASA-derived technology for other civil uses in the United States. Based upon that study and other research, this paper deals with five topics which are significant in addressing the question of 'How can Federal efforts promote technological innovation' These questions are: (1) Why are Federal efforts to stimulate commercial application of technology important (2) What public policies have an impact upon technological innovation (3) How does industry view current Federal efforts to stimulate the transfer of technology (4) What have we learned from past efforts to transfer technology and (5) What ought to be the direction of future efforts