The Impact of Academic Research on Industrial Performance

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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National Academy of Engineering. 2003.  The Impact of Academic Research on
Industrial Performance. Washington, DC: National Academies Press

Drawing on the findings of sector-specific workshops, email surveys, research
literature, expert testimony, and committee and panel member expertise, the
NAE study assesses qualitatively the impact of academic research on five
industries - network systems and communications, medical devices and
equipment, aerospace, transportation, distribution and logistics services,
and financial services.

It documents the range and significance of  academic research contributions
to the five industries - comparing among them the importance of different
types of contributions (e.g., research-trained graduates, fundamental
concepts and key ideas based on basic and applied research, tools,
prototypes, products, and services), the multi- and inter-disciplinary nature
of these contributions (spanning fields of engineering, the natural sciences
and the social and behavioral sciences) and the multiple vectors by which
academic research is linked to each industry.

The report calls for action to address six cross-cutting challenges to
university-industry research interaction, including the growing disciplinary
and time horizon-related imbalances in federal R&D funding, barriers to
university-industry interaction in services industries, the critical role of
academic research in the advancement of information technology, the role of
academic research in the regulation of industry, the impact of technology
transfer activities on core university research and educational missions, and
the search for new pathways and mechanisms for enhancing the contributions of
academic research to industry.  The report also includes findings and
recommendations specific to each industry studied.

Copies of The Impact of Academic Research on Industrial Performance are
available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or
1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu.  Support for the
project was provided by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the
National Academy of Engineering Fund.  For further information contact the
study director, Proctor Reid, at email preid () nae edu.

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