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The impact of academic research on industrial performance / National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial efficiency--United States.
- Industrial efficiency.
- Financial services industry.
- Research.
- Aerospace industries--Research.
- Aerospace industries.
- Medical instruments and apparatus industry--Research.
- Medical instruments and apparatus industry.
- Computer networks--Research.
- Computer networks.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--Graduate work.
- United States.
- Academic-industrial collaboration--United States.
- Academic-industrial collaboration.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Graduate work.
- Computer networks--Research--United States.
- Medical instruments and apparatus industry--Research--United States.
- Aerospace industries--Research--United States.
- Financial services industry--Research--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Drawing on the findings of sector-specific workshops, e-mail surveys, research literature, expert testimony, and committee and panel membersrsquo; expertise, this National Academy of Engineering study assesses the qualitative impact of academic research on five industries-network systems and communications; medical devices and equipment; aerospace; transportation, distribution, and logistics services; and financial services. The book documents the range and significance of academic research contributions to the five industries-comparing the importance of different types of contributions, the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of these contributions, and the multiple vectors by which academic research is linked to each industry. The book calls for action to address six cross-cutting challenges to university-industry interactions: the growing disciplinary and time-horizon-related imbalances in federal R&D funding, barriers to university-industry interaction in service industries, the critical role of academic research in the advancement of information technology, the role of academic research in the regulation of industry, the impact of technology transfer activities on core university research and education missions, and the search for new pathways and mechanisms to enhance the contributions of academic research to industry. The book also includes findings and recommendations specific to each industry.
- Notes:
- "This study was supported by Grant No. 97-3-4 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and by the National Academy of Engineering"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0309089735
- 0309526027
- OCLC:
- 53164700
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