INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN MICROELECTRONICS |
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| Authors: | Judith K. Larsen Rolf T. Wigand |
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| Affiliation: | JUDITH K . LARSEN began her career as an engineer in telemetry systems and later went into public policy research. She is currently Senior Research Scientist at Cognos Associates conducting research on the impact of technology.;ROLF T. WIGAND has a background in communication and information management research. His current research interests include information and technology transfer, national and international information policy, as well as the social and organizational impact of information technology. He is Professor of Public Administration and Communication within the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University and directs the School's Program in Information Management. |
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| Abstract: | Federal, state and local governments have encouraged university-industry cooperation in recent years through a number of different policies and programs. Industry has increasingly been looking to universities for new ideas, closer collaboration and more timely access to research results. Various levels of government have become increasingly involved in joint funding with industry in new university-industry research centers and institutes. State and local governments spend considerable effort to attract high-technology industry, using university-industry collaborative programs as one incentive. Yet despite the theoretical and policy importance of this topic, it has received little systematic research attention.
This contribution reports the results of a National Science Foundation-funded study investigating technology transfer in microelectronics between Arizona State University located in the Phoenix metropolitan area and surrounding microelectronics firms. The results describe state and local initiatives influencing such technology transfer, how the initial technology transfer contact comes about, how research goals, topics and activities are decided upon, and how resources and funding support is secured. In addition satisfaction from, benefits and costs of, as well as attitudes bout technology transfer are reported. |
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