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... Technology transfer includes research results implementation and product or process deployment. Activities leading to the adoption of innovations can include knowledge transfer, training and education, demonstrations and showcases, communications and marketing efforts, and technical assistance.
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... , which allowed federal laboratories to transfer results of research to state and local governments and, in particular, to the private sector. Other acts established Cooperative Research and Development Agreements and other mechanisms to facilitate the private sector's use of federal research products and enhanced opportunities for partnerships and other collaborative research and business development activities resulting from technology transfer.
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... • In contrast to 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 the social and behavioral sciences. Successful technology transfer occurs when the following factors are present: • There is a push of technology into a user environment; • A champion is associated with the research and technology transfer effort; • Pilots and demonstrations allow hands-on learning; • Senior management support attracts attention, leads by example, and gives guidance to the effort; • Early involvement of the user allows early resolution of problems and prepares the user for fully embracing the innovation; 3
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... The other needs cited by more than half of the LTAP/TTAP respondents are greater management support for technology transfer, more trained staff, greater access to technical expertise, and assistance for management and administrative responsibilities associated with technology transfer. A number of state DOTs and LTAP/TTAP centers reported needs in the areas of management and administrative processes associated with making others aware of and encour4
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... • LTAP/TTAP centers – Evaluation and assessment procedures – Executive briefing models – Marketing plans. For state DOTs, additional funding, added time for conducting technology transfer, and greater senior management support are the three most frequently mentioned areas of need when pulling promising technologies into the organization.
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