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... , 2, 114, 119 cost-sharing provisions in, 117 description of, 66-67, 152, 195 establishment of, 170 panel conclusions regarding, 67 Agricultural extension programs, 49, 50, 53-54, 60, 93, 94 Agriculture Research Service, 70 Airbus consortium, 90 Aircraft industry federal role in civilian, 57-58, 60 technology transfer in, 150 Alvey program, 90-91 American Technology Preeminence Act of 1992, 155 Antitrust restrictions, 159, 193 Appropriability, 19, 20, 51, 110, 114 213 ARCH Development Corporation, 76 Argonne National Laboratory, 76 Artificial intelligence, 193 Automotive electronics industry, 150-151 B Balance of trade, U.S. in high-technology goods, 3 Basic research, 2, 80, 82, 84, 96, 110, 112, 135, 152, 157 in biotechnology industry, 146, 147 expenditures, 11, 18 in federal laboratories, 74-75 federal support for, viii, 12, 30, 32, 49-53, 92, 153 and the National Institutes of Health, 56 output of, 21 returns from, 49-51 strength of, 41 in universities, 31, 158, 164-166 Bell Communications Research, 80 Ben Franklin Partnership Program, 153 Biomedical industry role of federal support in, 55-56
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... technology transfer through, 146 university-industry. See Universityindustry collaborative research and development (R&D)
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... , 53 federal laboratory funding by, 70 relationship between DARPA and, 62-63 relationship between SEMATECH and, 81 role in technology transfer, 145 Department of Energy (DOE) , 69-70, 117-119, 124 Cooperative Research and Development Agreements program, 194 funding of Superconductivity Pilot Centers by, 82 human genome project administered by, 56 215 technology transfer programs in, 72, 76, 78, 151, 152 Department of Health and Human Services, 56 Domestic Policy Council, 124 Dual-use technology panel recommendations regarding, 63-65 relationships between, 61 role of DARPA in, 2, 62-63, 70, 98 E Economic Growth Act of 1990, 125 Economic Recovery Act of 1981, 111 Economy, changes in global, vii, 50, 108 Edison Technology Centers, 153 Education, state of primary and secondary, 40, 95 Electric Power Research Institute, 80 Energy Conservation Utilization Technology Program, 151 Energy-related technologies, 94 Engineering compensation for careers in, 39-40 women and minorities in, 18, 21 Engineering Research Associations (ERAs)
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... See also Dual-use technology overview of, 49-51, 61 support for basic research in, 49-53 in synthetic fuels, 58-59 Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, 71, 73, 79, 146, 154, 194 Fellowships, 51-52 Filiere Electronique, 90 Fourth Generation Computer Systems, 83 Government-owned, governmentoperated laboratories (GOGO)
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... , 84-89, 173-174 L Labor productivity, 5, 95 Legislative request for study, 179-181 Liability insurance, product, 149 Licenses agency listings for 1989, 73 role of university scientists in, 149 technology transfer and timing of, 147 Linear model of technology development, 16 Los Alamos National Laboratory, 55 M Macroeconomic policy, 6 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987, 154 Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Program, 66 Managed collaboration, 144 Manufacturers cost of adoption and size of, 15 disparity in technology adoption by, 29 Manufacturing output changes by industry, 28 as percentage of total GNP, 26-27 share of GNP for, 24-25 status of U.S., 21-23 Manufacturing Technology Centers (MTCs)
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... , 53, 124 biomedical R&D funding by, 55-57, 118, 148 budget of, 70 role in technology transfer, 71, 72, 145, 148-150 National Quality Award, 154 National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Actofl976, 153 National Science Foundation Authorization Act for FY 1986, 154 National Science Foundation (NSF) biotechnology research funding by, 56 Engineering Research Centers, 82, 145, 158, 170, 192-193 federal laboratory spending by, 70 industry-university collaborative research centers of, 158, 192 legislation affecting, 154 role in technology transfer, 145 National Science Foundation (NSF)
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... , 86-87, 174 p Panel on the Government Role in Civilian Technology biographical information regarding, 186-190 conclusions regarding ATP program, 67 regarding expanded mission agency funding, 123- 124, 135 regarding technology adoption, 12, 29 regarding technology commercialization, 29 regarding technology policy, 97 98, 114, 135 recommendations regarding creation of Civilian Technology Corporation, 135 regarding dual-use technology, 63 65 regarding establishment of Industrial Extension Service, 97 regarding federal laboratories, 77 regarding SBIR program, 65 regarding technology policy, 96, 97 Patent and Trademark Amendments Act, 71 Patents activity of U.S., 21, 22 agency listings for 1989, 73 legislation regarding, 148 technology transfer and, 147, 148 U.S. receipts and payments for, 3638 219 Per capita personal income, 5 Personal income, 5 Pharmaceutical industry, 165-166 Political interference, 60, 118, 130 Pre-commercial research and development (R&D)
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... , 83 Research funding in biotechnology, 56 for defense-related programs, 61, 122-123 extent of, 18 for federal laboratories, 68 need for stable, 60 for pre-commercial state of technology development, 30 for private sector, 19 INDEX S SAGE air defense program, 54, 55 Science careers, 18, 21 Semiconductor industry research collaboration in, 80, 81, 91 technology commercialization in, 29, 30 Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Research Corporation (SEMATECH) anticipated returns of, 171-172 certification of vendors by, 162 description of, 117, 119, 171, 194196 establishment of, 1 14, 1 15, 170 role in diffusion and adoption of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, 91 Semiconductor Research Corporation, 80, 159 Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988, 155 Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
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  • conclusions regarding
  • industrial extension
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  • technology commercialization
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  • expanded mission
  • extension service
  • technology centers
  • panel conclusions
  • industrial technology

  • mission agency
  • authorization act
  • center program
  • technology center
  • technology adoption

  • agency funding
  • malcolm baldrige
  • technology research
  • genome project
  • transfer act

  • regarding federal
  • synthetic fuels
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  • development agreements


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