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Economic Studies and Other EAO Publications

Recommended Conference Publications

  1. Composites Manufacturing Technologies: Applications in Automotive, Petroleum, and Civil Infrastructure Industries.  Economic Study of a Cluster of ATP-Funded Projects
  2. A Toolkit for Evaluating Public R&D Investment Models, Methods, and Findings from ATP's First Decade
  3. Westat Survey of ATP Applicants 2000.
  4. Between Invention and Innovation: An Analysis of Funding for Early-Stage Technology Development (Branscomb, Lewis M. and Philip E. Auerswald). View PDF.
  5. The Art of Telling Your Story (Rick King).
  6. Performance of 50 Completed ATP Projects: Status Report - Number 2.

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet Name

Series A

ATP Supports All Sectors of the Economy

A1

The Characteristics of Large Firms in ATP Projects

A2

ATP Stimulates Industry R&D Investment

A3

ATP Funding for Energy Research

A4

ATP and the States

A5

ATP Supports Small Businesses

A6

ATP and University Participation

A7

How Small is a "Small" Firm in ATP?

A8

Does Size of "Small" Firm Affect Type of Project Participation in ATP?

A9

Has the Size of "Small" Firms in ATP Changed Over Time?

A10

ATP's Investment in Component-Based Software Technology

A11
Technology Adoption Indicators Help Determine the Likelihood of Technology Adoption
A12
Flow Control Machining Technology Enables Economic and Environmental Benefits

Series B

ATP Promotes and Speeds Up Development of High Risk Technology

B1

ATP Helps Bridge Gap Left by Venture Capitalists

B2

ATP Award Important for Early Stage Technology Development

B3

ATP Accelerates Technology Development

B4

ATP Collaboration and Related Programs

B5

Time to Commercialization Differs Across Technologies

B6

Diffusion Pathways for ATP-Funded Photonics Technologies

B7

ATP Award Leads to "Halo" Effect and Pursuit of R&D in the Public Interest

B8

ATP Helps Firms Build New Capabilities and a Broader Social Network for Innovation

B9

ATP Award Addresses Capital Market Inefficienies for Developing Early Stage Technologies

B10

Determinants of Success in ATP-Funded R&D Joint Ventures

B11

Participation in ATP-Funded Research Consortia Increases Patenting Activity

B12

Bringing Benefits of Digital Mammography and Radiography to More People

Series C

ATP Improves Quality of Life

C1

ATP's Investment Return to the Nation

C2

ATP Improves Your Health and Quality of Life

C3

ATP Partners with NIH to Accelerate the Human Genome Project

C4

ATP-Funded Research Promises Improved Food Safety and Quality

Series D

ATP Award Statistics

D1

Characteristics of ATP Award Winner

D2

Distribution of Funding Among 649 Award Winners

D3

ATP Performance Measures

Series E

Findings from EAO’s Post-Project Survey

E1

Customers Across Many Industries Enjoy Benefits from ATP-funded Technology

E2

ATP Funds Early-Stage Technology Development: Evidence of Post-ATP Private Investments in R&D to Bring Technologies to Market

E3

ATP-Funded Projects are Realizing Commercial Success

 
Author(s)

Highlighted Reports:

Pelsoci Composites Manufacturing Technologies: Applications in Automotive, Petroleum, and Civil Infrastructure IndustriesEconomic Study of a Cluster of ATP-Funded ProjectsNIST GCR 04-863.  June 2004.

Branscomb and Auerswald

Between Invention and Innovation: An Analysis of Funding for Early-Stage Technology Development. NIST GCR 02-841. November 2002. (Special Issues Study). View PDF.

Performance of 50 Completed ATP Projects: Status Report - Number 2. NIST Special Publication 950-2, December 2001. (Special Issues Study)

King

The Art of Telling Your Story. NIST GCR 02-831. April 2002. (Guide Book)

 
Author(s)

Recent Publications:

White and O'Connor Economic Impact of the Advanced Technology Program's HDTV Joint VentureNIST GCR 03-859.  January 2004.  (Economic Study)
Popkin Inter-Industry Diffusion of Technology That Results From ATP Projects, NIST GCR03-848. April 2003. (Economic Study)
Westat Survey of ATP Applicants 2000. NIST GCR 03-847. June 2003. View PDF. (Survey Data Results)
Brown and Ehlen Technology Adoption Indicators Applied to the ATP Flow-Control Machining Project. NISTIR 6888. May 2003. View PDF. (Case Study)

Pelsoci

Low-Cost Manufacturing Process Technology for Amorphous Silicon Detectors: Applications in Digital Mammography and Radiography. NIST GCR 03-844. February 2003. View PDF. (Case Study)

Sakakibara and Branstetter

Measuring the Impact of ATP-Funded Research Consortia on Research Productivity of Participating Firms: A Framework Using Both U.S. and Japanese Data. NIST GCR 02-830. December 2002. View PDF. (Economic Study)

Darby Zucker, and Wang

Program Design and Firm Success in the Advanced Technology Program: Project Structure and Innovation Outcomes. NISTIR 6943. December 2002. View PDF. (Economic Study)

White and Gallaher (RTI)

Benefits and Costs of ATP Investments in Component-Based SoftwareGCR 02-834, November 2002. View PDF. (Case Study)

Powell and Moris

Different Timelines for Different Technologies: Evidence from the Advanced Technology Program. NISTIR 6917. November 2002. View PDF. (Survey Data Results)

Branscomb and Auerswald

Between Invention and Innovation: An Analysis of Funding for Early-Stage Technology Development. NIST GCR 02-841. November 2002. View PDF. (Special Issues Study)

 
Author(s)

Economic Studies:

Popkin Inter-Industry Diffusion of Technology That Results From ATP Projects, NIST GCR03-848. April 2003. (Economic Study)

Hall, Link and Scott

Universities as Research Partners. NIST GCR 02-829. June 2002. View PDF.

Feldman and Kelley

Winning an Award from the Advanced Technology Program: Pursuing R&D Strategies in the Public Interest and Benefiting from a Halo Effect. NISTIR 6577. March 2001.

Austin and Macualey

Estimating Future Consumer Benefits from ATP-Funded Innovation: The Case of Digital Data Storage. NIST GCR 00-790. April 2000.

 
Author(s)

Case Studies:

Pelsoci Composites Manufacturing Technologies: Applications in Automotive, Petroleum, and Civil Infrastructure IndustriesEconomic Study of a Cluster of ATP-Funded ProjectsNIST GCR 04-863.  June 2004.
White and
O'Connor
Economic Impact of the Advanced Technology Program's HDTV Joint VentureNIST GCR 03-859.  January 2004.  (Economic Study)
Brown and Ehlen Technology Adoption Indicators Applied to the ATP Flow-Control Machining Project. NISTIR 6888. May 2003. View PDF. (Case Study)

Dyer and Powell

Determinants of Success in ATP-Funded R&D Joint Ventures: A Preliminary Analysis Based on 18 Automobile Manufacturing Projects. GCR 00-803, December 2001.

Pelsoci

Closed-Cycle Air Refrigeration Technology for Cross-Cutting Applications in Food Processing, Volatile Organic Compound Recovery, and Liquid Natural Gas Industries.  GCR 01-819, December 2001. View PDF.

Feldman and Kelley

Reinforcing Interactions Between the Advanced Technology Program and State Technology Programs: Volume 2 Case Studies of State and Federal Support to High-Tech Start-up Companies. NISTIR 6523, December 2000.

Lide and Spivack

Advanced Technology Program Information Infrastructure for Healthcare Focused Program: A Brief History. NISTIR 6477. February 2000.

Ehlen

Economic Impacts of Flow-Control Machining Technology: Early Applications in the Automobile Industry.  Mark Ehlen, NISTIR 6373, October 1999.

 
Author(s)

Survey Data Results:

Westat Survey of ATP Applicants 2000. NIST GCR 03-847. June 2003. View PDF. (Survey Data Results)

Powell and Lellock

Development, Commercialization, and Diffusion of Enabling Technologies: Progress Report. NISTIR 6491. April 2000.

Author(s)

Special Issues Studies:

Performance of 50 Completed ATP Projects: Status Report - Number 2. NIST Special Publication 950-2, December 2001. (Special Issues Study)

Branscomb, Morse and Roberts

Managing Technical Risk, Understanding Private Sector Decision Making on Early Stage Technology-based Projects. NIST GCR 00-787. April 2000.

Jaffe

Economic Analysis of Research Spillovers: Implications for the Advanced Technology Program. NIST GCR 97-708. December 1996.

 
Author(s)

Guide Books:

King

The Art of Telling Your Story. NIST GCR 02-831. April 2002.

Servo

Advanced Technology Program’s Commercialization and Business Planning Guide in the Post-Award Period. NIST GCR 99-779. June 2000.

Schachtel and Feldman

Reinforcing Interactions Between the Advanced Technology Program and State Technology Programs: Volume 1: A Guide to State Business Assistance Programs for New Technology Creation and Commercialization. NIST GCR 00-788. April 2000.

Author(s)

Other Publications:

   

Economic Studies and Other EAO Publications (Archival)

Author(s)

Archived Economic Studies:

Author(s)

Archived Case Studies:

Lide and Spivack

Advanced Technology Program Information Infrastructure for Healthcare Focused Program: A Brief History. Bettijoyce Lide and Richard N. Spivack NISTIR 6477. February 2000.

Ehlen

Economic Impacts of Flow-Control Machining Technology: Early-Applications in the Automobile Industry. NISTIR 6373. Mark Ehlen. October 1999.

Ruegg

Advanced Technology Program’s Approach to Technology Diffusion. Paper presented at Advanced Research Workshop “Industry as a Stimulator of Technology Transfer.” NISTIR 6385. Rosalie Ruegg. September 1999.

Long

Performance of Completed Projects: Status Reports Number 1. March 1999.

RTI, Center for Economics Research

A Framework for Estimating the National Economic Benefits of ATP Funding of Medical Technologies. April 1998.

Ruegg

The Advanced Technology Program’s Evaluation Plan and Progress. November 1997.

Link

ATP Early Stage Impacts of the Printed Wiring Board. Report. Albert N. Link. November 1997.

CONSAD Research Corp.

Advanced Technology Program Case Study: The Development of Advanced Technologies and Systems for Controlling Dimensional Variation in Automobile Manufacturing. NIST GCR97-709. CONSAD Research Corporation. March 1997.

Author(s)

Archived Survey Data Results:

Powell

Business Planning and Progress of Small Business Firms Engaged in Technology Development Through the Advanced Technology Program. NISTIR 6375, October 1999.

Powell

Small-Firm Experience in the Advanced Technology Program. Report. ATP/NIST, June 1998.

Powell

Development, Commercialization, and the Diffusion of Enabling Technologies: Progress Report for Projects Funded 1993-1995, ATP/NIST. NISTIR 6098. December 1997.

Laidlaw

Acceleration of Technology Development by the Advanced Technology Program: The Experience of 28 Projects Funded in 1991. NISTIR 6047. October 1997.

Powell

The ATP’s Business Reporting System: A Tool for Economic Evaluation. ATP/NIST, Report. September 1996.

Sibler and Associates

Survey of Advanced Technology Program 1990-1992 Awardees: Company Opinion About the ATP and its Early Effects. Report. January 1996.

Solomon Associates

Advanced Technology Program: An Assessment of Short-Term Impacts—First Competition Participants. February 1993.

Author(s)

Archived Special Issues Studies:

Lerner and Gompers

Capital Formation and Investment in Venture Markets: Implications for the Advanced Technology Program. NIST GCR99-784. December 1999.

Chang

ATP Eligibility Criteria for U.S. Subsidiaries of Foreign-Owned Companies: Legislation, Implementation, and Results. ATP/NIST, NISTIR-6099. March 2004.

The Advanced Technology Program: A Progress Report on the Impacts of an Industry-Government Technology Partnership. NIST-AP-96-2, April 1996.

Author(s)

Archived Guide Books:

Ruegg

Guidelines for Proposing Economic Evaluation Studies. NISTIR-6896. November 1996.

Author(s)

Archived Other Publications:

Etzkowitz and Spivack Information Infrastructure for Healthcare: An Evaluation of Government-Industry Technology Development Initiative. NISTIR 6404. October 1999.
Author(s)

Published Articles of Interest

The Journal of Technology Transfer. “Symposium on Evaluating a Public Private Partnership: The Advanced Technology Program. Volume 23, No. 2, Summer 1998 [ISSN 0892-9912] devoted to ATP’s program evaluation. [View PDF version.]

Spender

“Publicly Supported Non-Defense R&D: The USA’s Advanced Technology Program.” Science and Public Policy. February 1997, pp. 45-52.

Jaffe

Economic Analysis of Research and Spillovers: Implications for the Advanced Technology Program. NIST GCR 96-708. December 1996.

Mansfield

“Estimating Social and Private Returns from Innovations Based on the Advanced Technology Program: Problems and Opportunities.” GCR 99-780. January 1996.

A Progress Report on the Impacts of an Industry-Government Technology Partnership. NIST-ATP 96-2.

Date created: July 1996
Last updated: July 19, 2004



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