The “Gradient Effect” in Federal Laboratory‐Industry Technology Transfer Partnerships

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ID6328878
AuthorsPablo Saavedra (0000-0001-5192-9993, Georgia State University), Barry Bozeman (0000-0002-8084-3379, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Year2004
Volume32
Issue2
Pages235-252
Publication date2004-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.2004.00063.x
OpenAlexW2008724374
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

Based on data from 229 industry‐federal laboratory projects, our research analyzes combinations of technical roles and laboratory characteristics to determine their relation to projects’ effectiveness. The results show increased effectiveness when the combination of technical roles follows a “gradient.” That is, performance is enhanced when the company plays a different technical role than the laboratory, but a role that is only a step away on the basic‐applied‐development spectrum. Effectiveness diminishes when both the company and the federal laboratory play the same technical role or when the technical roles are far apart on the basic‐applied‐development spectrum. The results may have general implications for public policy partnerships, suggesting that although partnership effectiveness requires distinctive roles, partner roles should not be so different as to undermine possibilities for coordination and integration

Business · Economics · General partnership · Industrial organization · International trade · Political science · Public relations · Relation (database · Technical progress · Technology transfer · Computer Science · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Innovation Policy and RD · Intellectual Property and Patents · Finance

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