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... 45 Tier 1: Foundational/ Organizational Components • Address Societal and Legal Issues • Have an Effective Champion • Engage Decision Makers • Develop a T2 Plan • Identify, Inform, and Engage Stakeholders • Identify and Secure Resources There can be numerous stakeholders in the Innovation Adoption Process, each with a unique perspective on the need or problem that the technology addresses. The T2 definition offers two ways to classify core stakeholders: those who are the source of the technology, and those who are the recipients of it.
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... 46 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Fostering stakeholder interactions has figured prominently as a way of promoting T2 in the transportation community. Beginning in 1987, the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)
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... Identify, Inform, and Engage Stakeholders 47 Stakeholder Roles in Guided T2 With the onset of guided T2 activities in the Innovation Adoption Process, the number of stakeholders involved in T2 is likely to increase and their roles are likely to diversify. Some decision makers may have been involved in the Innovation Adoption Process since the initial search and evaluation phases, particularly if they have ownership of the problem, but other decision makers, such as top executives, may not have been.
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... 48 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Considerations Regarding Stakeholders What Actions Should Be Considered? Identify the stakeholders • How many stakeholders are there?
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... Identify, Inform, and Engage Stakeholders 49 External Stakeholders • External partners are not viewed as customers or end users • There is limited communication between the state DOT and outside organizations Many of these barriers arise because of past decisions about how resources were spent, what policies were established and enforced, what information was shared and with whom, and legacy practices. What Are Some of the Tools or Strategies a Stakeholder Can Use to Overcome the T2 Challenges Encountered?
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... 50 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Desouza, K., C Dombrowski, Y

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