The New Alliance: America's R&D Consortia

TLDR: The New Alliance as mentioned in this paper provides an in-depth look at this significant phenomenon, analyzing the successes and failures of R&D consortia in the areas of leadership, research management, and technology transfer.

Abstract: The 1980s may be remembered as America's R&D consortia years. Since the beginning of this decade, industry, universities, and government have been working together as never before, developing new business ideas, researching new technologies, and tapping new markets. These are America's new R&D consortia, say the authors of THE NEW ALLIANCE, and they represent a phenomenon important enough to be termed a "movement." These alliances involve a wide and varied array of industries, educational institutions, political actors, and economic conditions. Founded by industry executives, academics, and government leaders who share a common recognition of the importance of high technology to our economy, as well as education's vital role in maintaining our competitive strength, the R&D consortia may be the newest examples of America's traditional resourcefulness, creativity, and resilience. THE NEW ALLIANCE provides the first in-depth look at this significant phenomenon, analyzing the successes and failures of R&D consortia in the areas of leadership, research management, and technology transfer. Based on extensive interviews at fourteen consortia nationwide, this book looks into the possible future of the consortia experiment, focusing on electronics, manufacturing, robotics, and new materials consortia.