Spin-offs: A Business Pay-off

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Solo Robert A. , “Gearing Military R&D to Economic Growth,” Harvard Business Review, Nov.-Dec. 1962, pp. 49–60.

See “Sniping at NASA on Space,” Business Week, May 11, 1963; “Will Space Research Pay Off on Earth?” New York Times Magazine, May 26, 1963; and other references on p. 6 of Rosenbloom Richard S. , “Technology Transfer-Process and Policy,” National Planning Association, Special Report No. 62, July 1965.

For a more definitive list, see “Expenditures by the Government for Research & Development,” Remarks by Senator Long of Louisiana, Congressional Record, May 4, 1965, pp. 43–52.

Holloman J. Herbert , “The Brain Mines of Tomorrow,” Saturday Review, May 4, 1963, pp. 46–47.

Private Communication from Eric A. Tietz, Institute of Applied Technology, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

“When a Computer Needs a Friend,” Business Week, March 6, 1965, pp. 146–152.

“What's Available in the Atomic Energy Literature,” TID-4550, 10th rev., Feb. 1965. Available from AEC Div. of Technical Information Extension, Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Steams John F. , “Tomorrow's Acquisition and Use of Technical Information,” Research and Development, Jan. 1965, pp. 24–26.

Marron Harvey “Science Information Exchange,” AEC Technical Information Bulletin No. 11, Dec. 1964, pp. 27–29.

Private communication from D. Schone, Head, Institute of Applied Technology, National Bureau of Standards.

“When a Computer Needs a Friend,” Business Week, loc. cit.

Kerr B. M. , “Spin-off from Space,” Science Journal (London: July 1965), pp. 85–90.

Hatschek Robert L. , “NC (Numerical Control) Today,” American Machinist, Nov. 22, 1965, pp. 109–116.

“Magnetic Forming,” in “Metal Forming Techniques,” NASA Technology Utilization Report, SP-5017, May 1965, pp. 42–47. See also “Modular Magneform Equipment” in Magnefor/Pulses, II: 2 (April 1965), General Atomics Div. of General Dynamics Corp.

Welles John G. Waterman Robert H. Jr. , “Space Technology: Pay-off from Spin-off,” Harvard Business Review, July-Aug. 1964, pp. 106–118.

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“Freezer Manufacturer Builds a Life Saver,” Business Week, March 6, 1965, pp. 88–92.

A Survey of the Research Activities of the Office of Aerospace Research, U.S. Air Forces, OAR-016 1963, 578 pp. Available from National Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va. 22151. Better still, consult the Science Information Exchange of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., which maintains an index of all government research activities in progress.

Olken H. , “Creativity Training for Engineers; Its Past, Present and Future,” IEEE Transactions on Education, E-7, 4 (Dec. 1964), pp. 149–161.