Small business innovation research and small business technology transfer programs : background and issues / Thomas H. Chavez, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chavez, Thomas H., editor.

Series:

Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.

Business Issues, Competition and Entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Small Business Administration. Small Business Innovation Research Program.

United States.

Small Business Technology Transfer Program (U.S.).

Small business--Research--United States.

Small business.

Small business--Technological innovations--United States.

Technology transfer--Government policy--United States.

Technology transfer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established in 1982 by the Small Business Innovation Development Act to increase the participation of small innovative companies in federally funded R&D. In establishing the program, Congress found that technological innovation plays an important role in job creation, productivity improvements, and U.S. competitiveness; that small businesses are among the most cost-effective performers of R&D and particularly capable of bringing R&D results to market in the form of new products; and that despite the role of small businesses as the princ

Contents:

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS; SUMMARY; OVERVIEW; DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS; SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH; SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; SBIR/STTR REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2011 PROVISIONS; ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION

Chapter 2: SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH PROGRAMS: MORE GUIDANCE AND OVERSIGHT NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH SPENDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTSWHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; DATA INDICATE NOT ALL AGENCIES MET SPENDING REQUIREMENTS; AGENCIES DID NOT FULLY COMPLY WITH CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMITTED INCORRECT DATA; CHANGING THE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY COULD INCREASE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS AND PARTICIPATION, WITH POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS; LITTLE INFORMATION IS KNOWN ABOUT TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTIONAGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: AGENCIES' COMPLIANCE WITH SPENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012; APPENDIX II: AGENCIES' COMPLIANCE WITH SPENDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012; APPENDIX III: AFFECT OF DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES ON CALCULATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2011; Chapter 3: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH: CHANGE IN PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY HAS HAD LITTLE IMPACT; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND

CHANGE IN SBIR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY HAS HAD LITTLE IMPACTAGENCIES CITE VARIOUS REASONS FOR ELECTING NOT TO PARTICIPATE MOST PARTICIPATING AGENCIES HAVE NOT EXERCISED THEIR AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR SBIR PROGRAMS TO MAJORITY-OWNED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOREXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS ANDOUR EVALUATION; Chapter 4: SBIR/STTR OUTREACH; 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. RECOMMENDATIONS/NEXT STEPS; Chapter 5: SBIR/STTR COMMERCIALIZATION; 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3. SBIR COMMERCIALIZATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; 4. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS

Chapter 6: SBIR/STTR STANDARD EVALUATION FRAMEWORK1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 2. INTRODUCTION; 3 DISCUSSION; 4. RECOMMENDATIONS / NEXT STEPS; APPENDIX A - PROPOSED EVALUATION CRITERIA; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-533-0