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The role of amenities and other factors in influencing the location of nonmanufacturing industry in the United States
Allison, T.; Calzonetti, F.J. - 2008
Consumer and producer services, the latter in particular, are expected to become an important means of diversification and employment growth to the economy of Nevada. It has been suggested that the siting of the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, will lead to a significant...
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Scientist Entrepreneurs and University Commercialization
Aldridge, Thomas Taylor - 2008
arms for the university to maximize licensing income, while substituting optimal commercialization whether through … commercialization. Currently, the United States issues 40 billion dollars a year in federal grants, roughly 30 percent of total research … mechanism for commercialization. Economic literature has relied heavily on the Solow and Romer growth models. These models have …
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The Electronics Quality/Reliability Center: Lessons learned from partnering with industry
Dellin, T.A. - 2008
The government electronics community faces the exciting challenge of entering into new of types of partnerships with the commercial electronics industry. Past interactions have been based primarily on the needs of government. Future interactions will be based more on the needs of industry,...
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Forging strategic partnerships with industry: The Industrial Fellows Program
Adams, K.; Castain, R.; Hynes, M.V.; Sanders, V.; Siemon, R. - 2009
Science, technology, and industrial policy are at an important nexus due to long developing trends in the national and international economy and recent events in national security affairs. The research and development assets built by the American taxpayer in response to the Cold War face a quest...
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Accelerating technology transfer from federal laboratories to the private sector by industrial R and D collaborations - A new business model
LOMBANA,CESAR A.; ROMIG JR.,ALTON D.; LINTON,JONATHAN D.; … - 2008
processes necessary to work effectively with industry in technology commercialization. This paper addresses important factors …
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Commercialization of Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies via small businesses. Final report
Brice, R.; Cartron, D.; Rhyne, T.; Schulze, M.; Welty, L. - 2009
.S. national laboratories have not been major participants in this technology/commercialization activity, a result of a wide … variety of factors which, until recently, acted against successful commercialization. This {open_quotes}commercialization gap …
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Diffusion of irreversible energy technologies under uncertainty
Cacallo, J.D.; Sutherland, R.J. - 2008
This paper presents a model of technology diffusion is consistent with characteristics of participants in most energy markets. Whereas the models used most widely for empirical research are based on the assumption that the extended delays in adoption of cost-saving innovations are the result of...
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Investigation of learning and experience curves
Krawiec, F.; Thornton, J.; Edesess, M. - 2008
The applicability of learning and experience curves for predicting future costs of solar technologies is assessed, and the major test case is the production economics of heliostats. Alternative methods for estimating cost reductions in systems manufacture are discussed, and procedures for using...
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Status and evaluation of hybrid electric vehicle batteries for short term applications. Final report
Himy, A. - 2009
The objective of this task is to compile information regarding batteries which could be use for electric cars or hybrid vehicles in the short term. More specifically, this study applies lead-acid batteries and nickel-cadmium battery technologies which are more developed than the advanced...
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SUCCESSFUL MODELS FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY AND SOME HARD LEARNED LESSONS
D. SMITH - 2008
Successful relationships with industry that benefit both corporate partners and the research institution require a constant balancing of interests. Researchers must balance developing technology in a manner that can be used by industry, publishing and publicizing developments so that industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435796