Insiders Views of the Valley of Death Behavioral and Institutional Perspectives

Wolfe, Amy K; Bjornstad, David J; Shumpert, Barry L; Wang, Stephanie; Lenhardt, W Christopher; Campa Ayala, Maria F

doi:10.1093/biosci/bit015

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Valley of death describes the metaphorical depths to which promising science and technology too often plunge, never to emerge and reach their full potential. Behavioral and institutional perspectives help in understanding the implications of choices that inadvertently lead into rather than over the valley of death. A workshop conducted among a diverse set of scientists, managers, and technology transfer staff at a U.S. national laboratory is a point of departure for discussing behavioral and institutional elements that promote or impede the pathway from research toward use, and for suggesting actionable measures that can facilitate the flow of information and products from research toward use. In the complex systems that comprise research institutions, where competing pressures can create barriers to information or technology transfer, one recommendation is to re-frame the process as a more active ushering toward use.

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Wolfe, Amy K ^[1]; Bjornstad, David J ^[1]; Shumpert, Barry L ^[1]; Wang, Stephanie ^[1]; Lenhardt, W Christopher ^[1]; Campa Ayala, Maria F ^[1]

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Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1122638

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: BioScience

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 64; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0006--3568

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: research translation; valley of death

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                    Wolfe, Amy K, Bjornstad, David J, Shumpert, Barry L, Wang, Stephanie, Lenhardt, W Christopher, and Campa Ayala, Maria F. Insiders Views of the Valley of Death Behavioral and Institutional Perspectives.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Wolfe, Amy K, Bjornstad, David J, Shumpert, Barry L, Wang, Stephanie, Lenhardt, W Christopher, & Campa Ayala, Maria F. Insiders Views of the Valley of Death Behavioral and Institutional Perspectives.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bit015

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                    Wolfe, Amy K, Bjornstad, David J, Shumpert, Barry L, Wang, Stephanie, Lenhardt, W Christopher, and Campa Ayala, Maria F. 2014.  
        "Insiders Views of the Valley of Death Behavioral and Institutional Perspectives".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bit015.

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  title        = {Insiders Views of the Valley of Death Behavioral and Institutional Perspectives},

  author       = {Wolfe, Amy K and Bjornstad, David J and Shumpert, Barry L and Wang, Stephanie and Lenhardt, W Christopher and Campa Ayala, Maria F},

  abstractNote = {Valley of death describes the metaphorical depths to which promising science and technology too often plunge, never to emerge and reach their full potential. Behavioral and institutional perspectives help in understanding the implications of choices that inadvertently lead into rather than over the valley of death. A workshop conducted among a diverse set of scientists, managers, and technology transfer staff at a U.S. national laboratory is a point of departure for discussing behavioral and institutional elements that promote or impede the pathway from research toward use, and for suggesting actionable measures that can facilitate the flow of information and products from research toward use. In the complex systems that comprise research institutions, where competing pressures can create barriers to information or technology transfer, one recommendation is to re-frame the process as a more active ushering toward use.},

  doi          = {10.1093/biosci/bit015},

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  journal      = {BioScience},

  issn         = {0006--3568},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 64,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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