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An Industrial Perspective on Technology Commercialization in the 1990s and Beyond
An Industrial Perspective on Technology Commercialization in the 1990s and Beyond
Pages 24-32
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companies generally are acknowledged to be quite competitive in world markets. They are considered innovative, and even in the eyes of their most stern critics largely they have overcome accusations that they were slowmoving, low-quality, high priced behemoths products of a spoiled past when no real global competition existed.
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These events included a continuing loss of market share to foreign competition, recognition of poor product quality, excessively high prices, and slowness to respond to customer needs. Many internal and external surveys and studies clearly demonstrated erosion of profitability, poor use of capital, decreasing innovativeness, and many more indicators of noncompetitive business performance.
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Companies like Dupont, GE, and IBM historically had large basic research laboratories that operated independently of the individual business units, so the establishment of links to the business information stream has been particularly challenging. Some companies decided to give up their broadly based corporate research laboratories.
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Companies no longer believe with blind faith that research organizations are delicate flowers that must not be pressured nor required to justify their existence on a daily basis; nor do they believe all the new technology they need must be developed by their research organizations. In fact, many believe that the chief value of research
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All over the world, universities and companies are establishing research programs to augment corporate research organizations. Russian, Chinese, and Indian research institutes and universities, for example, have benefited from this new approach.
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One such collaboration involves the use of high-end super-computers in the design of new tire treads. Others efforts include the work of the semiconductor industry to develop advanced microchip manufacturing processes, collaborations to advance commercialization of high temperature superconductor devices, and exploration of the use of diamond films.
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World-class businesses view their R&D organizations as both sources for technology and advisors for technology acquisition. 2 See "Lessons Learned Under the United States Advanced Battery Consortium," Abacus Technology Corporation, November 8, 1993, and the series of biannual evaluations by a National Research Council committee on the progress and management of the PNGV.
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· Government national laboratories should be encouraged to work jointly with consortia and individual companies in high-risk areas when the research serves the mission of both parties. University relationships with companies should be encouraged to evolve toward quid pro quo partnerships while at the same time protecting the fundamental missions of universities to be a provider of basic research to society.
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How can Russian scientists and engineers more effectively contact Western firms that might benefit from collaborative relationships?
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