Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growth and Inspiration of the Federal Laboratories; 2. Property Rights and Their Imperative; 3. How to Use Federal Laboratories; 4. View from the Bridge: Advice from Inside; 5. Effectively Managing Intellectual Property; 6. Overview of Federal Laboratories and Capabilities; 7. A New Model for Transferring Government Laboratory Developed Technologies to the Private Sector; 8. Building Successful Alliances with Federal Laboratories: Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs); 9. Introduction to Intellectual Capital
Summary
A toolbox for accessing federal laboratory innovations and financing the acquisition of new technologies with corporate equity, this book is also a guide to understanding the expertise of specific government laboratories. Entrepreneurs can rapidly accelerate the growth of their companies and become more competitive by acquiring federal laboratory innovations. This book is an indispensable resource for those who want access to the latest breakthrough technologies, most of which can be traced to universities and federally funded laboratories. These taxpayer-funded idea factories can and should b
