Product Description: Technology transfer has expanded rapidly over the past 20 years in Western Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. It has been estimated that some 50% of new products and processes will originate outside the primary developer; academic and other research institutions are obvious sources of much of this new technology...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The instrument of technology audit identifies areas of potential future competitiveness. It constitutes the basis for designing appropriate strategies for the restructuring of science and industry in Central and Eastern European Countries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology...read more