Collaborative Research in the United States

Name: Collaborative Research in the United States
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Collaborative Research in the United StatesPolicies and Institutions for Cooperation among Firms\nAuthor(s): Albert N. Link\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367140038, 978-0367140038\nSynopsis\nIn order to understand collaborative research activity in the United States, it is important to understand the contextual environment in which firms pursue a collaborative research strategy. The [url] environment for formal collaborative research was established through a number of policy initiatives promulgated in the 1980s in response to the widespread productivity slowdown throughout industry that began in the early 1970s and then intensified in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These initiatives include the BayhDole Act of 1980, the StevensonWydler Act of 1980 and its amendments, the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 and its amendments, and the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986.\n\nCollaborative Research in.