Getting It Off The Shelf

by Ernest R House

Overview

This study is concerned with the implementation of federally sponsored technology Research and Development. It focuses on the process of technology adoption and diffusion in both the public and private sectors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367168087
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2020
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter W. House, visiting scholar at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, received a doctorate in public administration and sociology from Cornell University. Dr. House previously was with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he served as director of the Environmental Studies Division and deputy director of the Washington Environmental Research Center in the Office of Research and Development. David W. Jones, Jr., holds a doctorate in communications from Stanford University. He is currently an associate specialist and transportation policy analyst at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and has served as a consultant to the Illinois and the California Departments of Transportation, the U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Studies of the Implementation Process 3. Innovation in the Private Sector 4. Technology Innovation in the Public Sector 5. Public Sector-Private Sector Comparisons 6. Integrating Theory and Experience 7. Getting it off the Shelf