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Chapter Six - Findings, Conclusions, and Suggestions for Further Research
Pages 41-43

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... This figure is a component part of the previous bullet point's total expenditure figure. • Survey responses from the LTAP/TTAP centers reported that they have been operating for an average of nearly 20 years, with California DOT and Indiana DOT centers having conducted organized technology transfer activities for 50 and 40 years, respectively.
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... • In contrast with the private sector, the public sector may not be availing itself sufficiently of the research and foundational methodologies about technology diffusion and technology transfer developed in other scientific disciplines, such as social and behavioral sciences. The structure for technology transfer and implementation of research results is as follows: • The highway transportation community has three major technology transfer operating approaches; researchunit-led, operating-unit-led, and LTAP/TTAP-centerled.
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... • For pulling technology into the organization State DOTs reported that additional funding, added time for conducting technology transfer, and greater senior management support as the three most frequently mentioned areas of need when pulling promising technologies into the organization. Whereas LTAP/TTAP centers indicated that more extensive contact with external-to-the-agency peers to determine candidate technologies, added time to perform technology transfer, and methods or techniques to assist in making the process of technology transfer more efficient as their three most common needs.
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