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SBIR at NASA / Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation : an assessment of the small business innovation research program-- Phase II ; Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy ; Policy and Global Affairs ; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Small business--Technological innovations--Research--United States.
- Small business.
- National Science Foundation (U.S.). Small Business Innovation Research Program--Evaluation.
- National Science Foundation (U.S.).
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (379 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Acadamies Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in support of the U.S. government's many missions. The U.S. Congress tasked the National Research Council with undertaking a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs, and with recommending further improvements to the program. In the first round of this study, an ad hoc committee prepared a series of reports from 2004 to 2009 on the SBIR program at the five agencies responsible for 96 percent of the program's operations--including the NASA. In a follow-up to the first round, NASA requested from the Academies an assessment focused on operational questions in order to identify further improvements to the program. Public-private partnerships like SBIR are particularly important since today's knowledge economy is driven in large part by the nation's capacity to innovate. One of the defining features of the U.S. economy is a high level of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurs in the United States see opportunities and are willing and able to assume risk to bring new welfare-enhancing, wealth-generating technologies to the market. Yet, although discoveries in various fields present new opportunities, converting these discoveries into innovations for the market involves substantial challenges. The American capacity for innovation can be strengthened by addressing the challenges faced by entrepreneurs.
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 375; Pages:376 to 379
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780309377904
- 0309377900
- 9780309377881
- 0309377889
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