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In analyzing the best technology-transfer practices of a broad cross-section of goverment agencies, research institutions, and national and industrial laboratories, it was found that different technology-transfer practices should be used at the prospecting, developing, trial, and adoption stages of technology transfer. These results are summarized in a benchmark model that indicates which best practices to use at each stage of the technology-transfer process, and what roles should be played by technology disseminators, developers, sponsors, and implementors during these stages. Rules are suggested for making cost-effectiveness trade-offs among alternative best practices and designing optimal transfer strategies when budgets are limited.
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Where he also holds appointments as professor of management science and professor of engineering. He is the author of five books and over 200 papers on the management of technology, and the recipient of numerous awards, including one from the White House. Souder has 12 years of industrial research experience in the chemical industry, seven years of government-laboratory service, and was for many years the director of the Technology Management Studies Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ahmed S. Nashar, Ph.D., currently the development officer of the Saudi National Bank and an international consultant in technology transfer. He was for several years a senior research associate with the Technology Management Studies Institute.
where he specializes in the development and implementation of expert systems for manufacturing automation. He was previously a project manager with the Technology Management Studies Institute.
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Souder, W.E., Nashar, A.S. & Padmanabhan, V. A guide to the best technology-transfer practices. J Technol Transfer 15, 5–16 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02377652
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