Managing Technology Transfer A Strategy for the Federal Highway Administration -- Special Report 256 (1999) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Innovation Process
2 The Innovation Process
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This model is then revised to illustrate the dynamic nature of the process by including several communication and other linkages involving individuals, groups, and organizations. Finally, the discussion focuses on technology transfer and the adoption of innovations, the relationship between the two, and their role in the innovation process.
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A linear model cannot describe the differences, relationships, and interdependencies among stages; the large number of participants involved; or the full array of activities required to achieve implementation. Consequently, such a model is inadequate for establishing strategies and providing guidance for the management of a technology transfer program.
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No single model can adequately represent all the variations in stages, timing, participants, input channels, and feedback loops. Kline and Rosenburg (1986)
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The stimulus for implementing new technology in the public sector comes from regulations, financial incentives, expansion or new construction, or equipment or material failures. It can also come from technology transfer and technical assistance programs.
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. Technology transfer can occur through informal interactions between individuals; formal consulting agreements; publications; workshops, personnel exchanges, and joint projects involving groups of experts from different organizations; and more readily measured activities such as patenting, copyright licensing, and contract research (NAE 1997)
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Public agencies are particularly reliant on technology transfer programs for several reasons. The large volume of R&D under way and the dispersion of R&D agencies serve as deterrents to anyone seeking useful technical information, especially public agencies with limited financial resources and personnel.
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Figure 2-3 illustrates these phases relative to time and user involvement. Another aspect of innovation adoption is important to technology transfer.
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In most cases, moving technology from the research environment to an operating environment involves considerable technology transfer effort and resources. The effort goes beyond information dissemination and exchange to encompass technical assistance and user training (EPA 1991)
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1991. Innovative Technology Transfer Workbook: Planning, Process, Practice; Draft Version 1.
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1998. Transportation Research Circular 488: Transportation Technology Transfer -- A Primer on the State of the Practice.
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