Maintaining the high-tech edge: Governmentindustry technology transfer and the federal laboratory system in California

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
George F. Linsteadt ◽  
Leroy L. Doig
Author(s):  
V.A. Shumaev ◽  
N.A. Divueva ◽  
N.A. Lukasheva

The article summarizes the experience of the United States, Germany and Asian countries in creating and organizing the development and functioning of innovative systems, technology transfer, building a high-tech industry, which is advisable to use in Russia.


2020 ◽  
pp. 54-75
Author(s):  
Jorge Ramirez

Multinational Corporations (MNC) face the challenge of compete in the new interconnected business environment. In particular technology is recognized as a factor that boost productivity and competitiveness and drives the business connectivity which in turn involves cross-borders goods, services and financial flows. MNC is recognized as being possessed of high-tech assets, and also, resources including capital, management skills and R&D capabilities and subsidiaries can get them, from its holding company, and they transfer technology to local businesses. A knowledge transfer, running parallel to the technology transfer take place benefiting to the local economy. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is considered as the primary vehicle to facilitate technology transfer (and underlying knowledge flows) toward emerging countries. The ultimate goal of the MNC is related to leverage technology and knowledge transfer in order to maintain a competitive edge and move toward even higher value-added activities.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550003 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS WOLFGANG THURNER ◽  
STANISLAV ZAICHENKO

Little is known about how transfer processes are shaped by the underlying industry and its technical regimes. In our analysis, we differentiate between Science and Technology-modes of learning which incorporate the latest developments in research, and a more practice-oriented mode based on industry-specific knowledge. We test whether Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs), that provide technology transfer to firms, follow one or the other mode in correspondence to their customer's needs. Our analysis is based on 67 Russian RTOs transferring technology either to low-tech or high-tech manufacturing firms. For high-tech manufacturing, the use of patents and the intake of scientists are vital for successful technology transfer. Own basic research is positively correlated only with transfer to low-tech manufacturing.


2012 ◽  
Vol 05 ◽  
pp. 265-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Peiniger ◽  
Michael Pekeler ◽  
Hanspeter Vogel

Superconducting RF (SRF) accelerator technology has basically existed for 50 years. It took about 20 years to conduct basic R&D and prototyping at universities and international institutes before the first superconducting accelerators were built, with industry supplying complete accelerator cavities. In parallel, the design of large scale accelerators using SRF was done worldwide. In order to build those accelerators, industry has been involved for 30 years in building the required cavities and/or accelerator modules in time and budget. To enable industry to supply these high tech components, technology transfer was made from the laboratories in the following three regions: the Americas, Asia and Europe. As will be shown, the manufacture of the SRF cavities is normally accomplished in industry whereas the cavity testing and module assembly are not performed in industry in most cases, yet. The story of industrialization is so far a story of customized projects. Therefore a real SRF accelerator product is not yet available in this market. License agreements and technology transfer between leading SRF laboratories and industry is a powerful tool for enabling industry to manufacture SRF components or turnkey superconducting accelerator modules for other laboratories and users with few or no capabilities in SRF technology. Despite all this, the SRF accelerator market today is still a small market. The manufacture and preparation of the components require a range of specialized knowledge, as well as complex and expensive manufacturing installations like for high precision machining, electron beam welding, chemical surface preparation and class ISO4 clean room assembly. Today, the involved industry in the US and Europe comprises medium-sized companies. In Japan, some big enterprises are involved. So far, roughly 2500 SRF cavities have been built by or ordered from industry worldwide. Another substantial step might come from the International Linear Collider (ILC) project currently being designed by the international collaboration GDE ('global design effort'). If the ILC will be built, about 18,000 SRF cavities need to be manufactured worldwide within about five years. The industrialization of SRF accelerator technology is analyzed and reviewed in this article in view of the main accelerator projects of the last two to three decades.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
T. Pyatchanina ◽  
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A. Ogorodnyk ◽  
P. Melnik-Melnikov ◽  
S. Gerasymchuk

Rapid development of modern areas of biomedical science contributes to the increase of the implementation rate, of innovative products and services in medicine, in particular, clinical oncology. The purpose of the article is the comparative analysis of the experience of R&D results commercialization in biomedical sector of the developed countries and Ukraine. The study uses methods of structural and logical analysis and comparative content analysis. Commercialization fits the inventor interests in using intellectual property, provides its implementation, and reveals commercial advantages to continue scientific and innovative activity. Society is interested in successful commercialization and technology transfer in biomedical field that increase competitiveness level of health system. Such activity stimulates scientists to develop innovative products. In foreign countries, legal and organizational mechanisms have been created that stimulate of investment activities for conducting research in the biomedical science at universities and scientific institutions. The development of links in the field of commercialization of R&D results has become a priority of the innovation policy of many countries, and public-private partnerships are an effective tool for its implementation, as evidenced by the rising of national budgets, legislative initiatives and the development of new programs. The analysis of the foreign experience of technology transfer of medical and biological R&D results allows to highlight several points: the financial support of research institutes and universities is considered as an important function of the state; public financing of projects in the field of medicine and biology is carried out within a quite long period of time (often not less than10 years), and the purchase of equipment is not a central item of expenditures; assessment of the productivity of researchers is complemented by evaluating the performance of the departments responsible for research management and funding; quantitative indicators of research unit results are supplemented by expert assessments of the quality of research, effectiveness and safety of medical developments based on new knowledge and achievements of scientific and technological progress. Conclusion. In Ukraine, despite certain difficulties in recent years, the high scientific potential in the field of biomedical sciences provides an increase of the number of high-tech innovative scientific and technological developments. Taking into account the low innovative activity of scientific institutions and universities, commercialization requires a systematic state approach, the development of strategies, specific mechanisms, methods and forms


Author(s):  
L. O. Firsova ◽  
N. Y. Shved ◽  
V. H. Bessarab

The growth of the Ukrainian economy largely depends on the effective use of the intellectual, scientific and technological potential of the country, the rapid pace of commercialization of high-tech scientific developments and its implementation in key areas of the national economy. In the period 2018–2020, the State Scientific Organization “Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information” (hereinafter — UkrISTEI) implements the project “Development of the Interregional Technology Transfer Network” (hereinafter — Project), within the framework of which the Interregional Office for the Transfer of Knowledge and Technologies on the basis of UkrISTEI was created; two pilot regional centers for the transfer of knowledge and technology in Odesa and Kharkiv were created. This Project is aimed at the widespread introduction of modern technologies in the real sector of the economy — as one of the tasks on the agenda of not only Ukraine, but also the European Union. The article assesses the potential of pilot regions through research that unites enterprises, scientific institutions, organizations, universities and other legal entities, regardless of the form of ownership, which create or use technologies or objects of intellectual property rights or relate to innovation infrastructure. The activities within the framework of the project “Development of an interregional technology transfer network” (hereinafter referred to as the Project) to increase the competitiveness of regions and increase their innovative development were presented, the role of the Project in the innovative development of regions was highlighted. The article defines the role of the Interregional Office and regional centers as centers of technology transfer and innovation: also a number of measures to activate the startup movement in Kharkiv and Odesa were taken. The work within the framework of the project “Development of an interregional technology transfer network” allowed to improve the results of domestic scientific and technical developments introduction in the real sector of the economy and to give impetus to its dynamic growth, to raise the employees’ awareness level in offices, departments, etc. for the technologies transfer, developers, startups, etc.


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