Commercializing high-temperature superconductivity

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6719117

The special report begins with a look at U.S. strengths and weaknesses in technology development and commercialization, both in general and for HTS. The analysis then goes on to the strategies of U.S. and Japanese companies, as managers in each country look ahead to the new opportunities. The fourth chapter presents 20 policy options for congressional consideration; the context is U.S. technology policy as a whole, with HTS as a special case. Most of the policy options deal, in one way or another, with the management of the Federal RandD budget. Chapter 5, the last, considers three broad alternatives for speeding commercialization.

• Research Organization: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6719117
• Report Number(s): PB-88-246442/XAB; OTA-ITE-388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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