Manufacturing Technology in the 1980's: A Survey of Federal Programs and Practices

William A. Hetzner, Louis G. Tornatzky and Katherine J. Klein
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William A. Hetzner: Productivity Improvement Research, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Louis G. Tornatzky: Productivity Improvement Research, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Katherine J. Klein: University of Texas

Management Science, 1983, vol. 29, issue 8, 951-961

Abstract: This study describes the U.S. government's role in the development of manufacturing technologies and in the transfer of manufacturing innovations to private industry. The goals, organization, technologies, methods of technology transfer, user groups, and methods of program assessment for 13 government programs in this area are described and their implications for national manufacturing innovation and productivity are discussed.

Keywords: research and development; government; industries: manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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