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They often contribute to national missions in health, energy, the environment, and national defense and to the nation's ability to capitalize on its R&D investments. This report presents an overview of the work of the National Research Council's Committee on Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development of New Technologies, under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy.
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In the post cold war period, this cooperation expanded to include knowledge generation and technology development through a wide variety of mechanisms.2 Today's partnerships frequently involve direct support for research and development carried out by pr~vate firms, often in cooperation with universities or national laboratories. Partnerships have represented and continue to represent a pragmatic means of achieving national goals and exploiting technological opportunities that benefit the nation.3 Drivers of Partnerships Private investment to develop a new technology can be impeded by factors such as project scale and cost, dispersed expertise, and technical and commercial risk, even if these investments offer the prospect of substantial benefits to the firm, the industry, and to the society as a whole.4 By helping firms to overcome these barriers to investment, public-pr~vate partnerships can contribute to the development of industrial processes, products, and services that might not otherwise emerge spontaneously, and in this way help address government missions and generate greater public welfare.
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in companies or industries. Joint research activities can facilitate the cooperation necessary to achieve the commercial potential of these technologies.
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There are many models for government-industry collaboration cooperative research and development agreements, the NIST Advanced Technology Program, and the Small Business Innovative Research program to cite a few. Varieties of Partnerships In the United States, the advancement of new technologies in support of national missions or the generation of welfare-enhancing products or processes has often been pursued through a wide range of public-private partnerships.8 The proliferation of these programs and the diversity of their structures and goals underscore the need for a better understanding of the conditions contributing to their success.
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Imperfections in capital markets can sometimes pose major challenges to small firms trying to bring their innovations to market. Federal partnerships such as the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR)
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Notably, the Committee has focused on: · The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the largest U.S.
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5. i6See, for example, the observations of Ed Zchau, a member of Congress in the 1980s from Silicon Valley, in his article, "Government Policies for Innovation and Growth" in National Research Council, The Positive Sum Strategy, Harnessing Technology for Economic Growth, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1986, pp.
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This realization led to cooperative efforts with the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) , the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
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22The SBIR program may best exemplify this approach.
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Part III of this report notes that a growing body of economic thought often articulated in terms of New Growth Theory which argues that the composition 23The four factors identified by the Committee as bearing on the success of partnerships find analytical support in the New Institutional Economics literature. This literature addresses problems of collective action governing activities involving jointly produced outcomes.
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Nelson, The Sources of Economic Growth, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. See Box A of this report for additional citations and discussion of the various facets of the New Growth Theory as it applies to partnerships.
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In light of these efforts and the genuine technical challenges facing the industry, continued United States leadership in the semiconductor industry cannot be taken for granted.29 The decrease in support for basic research in the disciplines that underpin the growth of the U.S. economy should be reversed.
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The National Research Council review of the DoD SBIR program was broadly positive. See National Research Council, The Small Business Innovation Research Program: An Assessment of the Department of Defense Fast Track Initiative, C
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Howell, "Competing Programs: Government Support for Microelectronics," in National Research Council, Securing the Future: Regional and National Programs to Support the SemiconductorIndustry, C Wessner, ea., Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, Forthcoming.
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