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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961022103321

Titolo

The Small Business Innovation Research Program : challenges and opportunities / / Charles W. Wessner, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999

ISBN

0-309-17258-6

1-282-08184-5

9786612081842

0-309-52326-5

0-585-12628-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Altri autori (Persone)

WessnerCharles W

Disciplina

338.6/42/0973

Soggetti

Research and development contracts, Government - United States

Small business - Research - Finance - Government policy - United States

High technology industries - Research - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Summary of a conference held at the National Academy of Sciences on February 28, 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Welcome""; ""Symposium Introduction""; ""Opening Remarks""; ""Panel I History and Current Legislative Perspective on the SBIR Program""; ""Panel II Research Perspectives on the SBIR""; ""Panel III Case Studies""; ""Luncheon Address""; ""Panel IV Program Challengesà‚€?Operational Views""; ""Panel V Improving Assessment and Selection""; ""Panel VI Observations and Policy Issues: Agency Perspectives""; ""Conclusion""

Sommario/riassunto

Small businesses have increasingly been recognized as a source of innovation, and one way in which the Federal government encourages such innovation is through the Small Business Innovation Research program. SBIR sets aside 2.5 percent of federal agencies' R&D budgets for R&D grants to small business. Although the program's budget was nearly $1.2 billion in 1998, SBIR has been subject to relatively little outside review. As part of the STEP's ongoing project on Government-



Industry Partnerships, the Board convened policymakers, academic researchers, and representatives from small business to discuss the program's history and rationale, review existing research, and identify areas for further research and program improvements.