Title Commercializing high technology : East and West / edited by Judith B. Sedaitis.

Imprint Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1997.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  HC340.12.Z9 S43 1997  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series International series on technical innovation and entrepreneurship.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / George Kozmetsky -- Introduction / Judith B. Sedaitis -- 1. Science, Technology, and Economic Competitiveness / John A. Alic -- 2. Research and Development after the Cold War / Linda R. Cohen and Roger G. Noll -- 3. Defense Industry Conversion in the United States and Russia: Methods and Prospects / Jacques S. Gansler -- 4. Dismantling Russia's Technotopia: Six Ministries in Search of an Industrial Policy / Harley Balzer -- 5. Inter-Organizational Technology Transfer: From Standard Technology Packages to Spin-Offs / David V. Gibson -- 6. A Model for Entrepreneurship Infrastructure Development in the Creation of Technopoleis / Raymond Radosevich and Gary S. Smith -- 7. Defense Conversion and Restructuring in the Russian High-Technology Sector: Is There an Alternative to Uncontrolled Exports? / Jacques Sapir -- 8. Commercializing State-Owned R&D: A Russia-United States Comparison / Judith B. Sedaitis.
Summary The essays in this book examine the organizational, managerial, and practical implications of pursuing a policy of technology transfer in government/defense research sectors, the similarities and differences between the two countries, and the sizable and varying risks involved as well as the even greater risk of ignoring the problems posed.
Subject(s) Economic conversion -- Russia (Federation)
Research, Industrial -- Russia (Federation)
High technology industries -- Russia (Federation)
Economic conversion.
Research, Industrial.
High technology industries.
Technology transfer -- Russia (Federation)
Technology transfer.