AGRICOLA IND 92048817, This paper illuminates the technology-transfer process by identifying the factors affecting the implementation decisions of sponsor companies with regard to eight projects conducted at two industry/university cooperative-research centers. Telephone interviews with corporate-sponsor representatives provided the data. The factors reported most often as influential in the decision of whether or not to use research results were relevance of the project, researcher's ability to demonstrate the usefulness of the results, and the quality of communication with the researcher. When results were not used, lack of company support and lack of communication within the company also appeared to be influential. The end result of these analyses is a model depicting the factors that affect the implementation decision. (original)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23709
Notes:
In "Management of Agricultural Research: A Training Manual, Module 8, Research-Extension Linkage." Entire book posted at: http://sadl.uleth.ca/nz/cgi-bin/library? {Click on Agricultural Information Modules and search by book title}, 6 p.
Zilberman, David (author), Parker, Douglas (author), and Castillo, Federico (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19679
Notes:
Pages 193-202 in Steven Wolf and David Zilberman (eds.), Knowledge generation and technical change: institutional innovation in agriculture. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. 371 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: C25472
Notes:
Retrieved March 7, 2007, Issue report prepared by a multi-disciplinary team from six universities, the Wallace Center and the Farm Foundation. 4 pages.
