Private sector technology transfer. Final report. [Federal Laboratory Consortium]

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6549029

It was the purpose of this project to design and operate a service within the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce which could represent the private sector in the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) technology-transfer process. It was also the purpose of this project to experimentally demonstrate the value of technology transfer and utilization to the private sector and small-business community. The basic premise of the Technology Action Center (TAC) is that successful technology transfer requires active participation on the part of both the technology supplier and user. The technology suppliers within the Federal government are represented by the FLC. The TAC is designed to effectively represent the potential user of Federally developed technology. The Chamber of Commerce was chosen as a sponsoring agency to achieve economy of scale as well as to eliminate any chance of providing an unfair advantage to individual firms concerning the utilization of government-developed technology. The project was initiated in the summer of 1978 and has been in operation since that time. The results of the TAC's efforts have been mixed. When specific requests have been received by the TAC Coordinator, the process has worked well and the potential user has been happy with the results. The single most-apparent failure of the project has been its inability to develop a sustained increase in User Demand which is essential to the TAC's success. Project description, status, and evaluation are presented briefly, followed by conclusions and recommendations.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6549029
• Report Number(s): UCRL-15342
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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