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The attached questionnaire was presented
to workshop participants on April 26,
1995 during the Electronic Feedback
Session of the "Partnerships Workshop".
The questions were presented employing
the Innovator( electronic decision
assisting system, which compiled and
represented the audience's responses in
real-time. Workshop participants were
able to view their collective responses
to individual questions as the session
progressed, providing data that was
discussed during a panel feedback
session.
Because feedback from the private sector
is essential in the Department of
Commerce's continuing efforts to improve
federal partnership and competitiveness
programs, the Department asks all
conference attendees who did not
participate in the electronic feedback
session to complete the attached survey.
If you did not attend the conference but
would like to respond to this
questionnaire, please indicate this on
your completed form, along with your
name, phone number, and organizational
affiliation. Your responses are
important to us, and will be used in
future efforts to improve all federal
partnership programs. Completed
questionnaires should be sent to the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology
Administration, Office of Technology
Policy, Room 4814C, 14th and
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC
20230. Responses can also be sent via
the Internet at:
pace_usotp@banyan.doc.gov; or by fax to
(202) 482-4817.
Special thanks to the U.S. Department of
Energy and Sandia National Laboratories
for co-sponsoring the Innovator'
electronic decision assisting system.
The Innovator' was developed by Wilson
Learning Centers, and was licensed to
Sandia for use in its "Prosperity Games"
project, which set out to determine how
industry -government enterprises might
be formed and structured to enhance both
industrial competitiveness and public
missions. The technology was offered to
the Department of Commerce for its PACE
events by Sandia National Laboratories,
National Industrial Alliances Center,
under special contract and sublicense
for "Prosperity Games" with DeLaPorte
Associates, a licensee of Wilson
Learning Center.
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. The organization that I represent
is:
1. a business (other than a
financial institution)
2. a financial institution
3. an institution of higher
learning
4. a state, local or regional government
entity
5. a federal government entity
6. a not-for-profit organization
2. My business employs:
1. 20 or fewer persons
2. between 20 and 50 persons
3. between 50 and 100 persons
4. between 100 and 500 persons
5. over 500 persons
6. not a business
3. My business is (primarily):
1. a service provider
2. a manufacturer
3. not a business
4. Has your business partnered with
federal, state or local government
entities or participated in any state,
federal or local technology
competitiveness programs? Examples of
federal partne rship/competitiveness
programs include but are not restricted
to: the Advanced Technology Program
(ATP); Technology Reinvestment Project
(TRP); Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (CRADAs); Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR);
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
(MEP).
1. yes
2. no
3. not a business
In Roundtables held by the Department of
Commerce over the past year, industry
representatives identified items 5
through 11 as benefits of federal
partnership programs. On a scale of 1
to 5, with 1 representing "of little
value" and 5 representing "of great
value", please rate the value of these
benefits to your firm. Please answer
"6" if you have not participated in a
federal partnership or competitiveness
program.
5. Federal R&D funds enabled me to
undertake research that I could not have
otherwise undertaken
1 2 3 4 5 6
6. Found solutions to difficult
technical problems through cooperation
with federal laboratories, technical
information dissemination services, or
private sector consortia
1 2 3 4 5 6
7. Gained access to federal
technologies, facilities, and know-how
1 2 3 4 5 6
8. Obtained an "endorsement" that I can
use with potential investors as a result
of the objective, peer reviewed
assessment of my research proposal's
technical merit
1 2 3 4 5 6
9. Increased my company's awareness
about and ability to adopt
state-of-the-art manufacturing
technologies and processes
1 2 3 4 5 6
10. Facilitated contacts between my firm
and potential investors or partners
1 2 3 4 5 6
11. Helped to reduce the technical risk
involved in my R&D effort
1 2 3 4 5 6
In the Roundtable series, industry
representatives also expressed their
concerns about partnerships with the
federal government. Questions 12 through
18 reflect some of those concerns. On a
scale of 1 to 5, with 1 representing "of
little concern" and 5 representing "of
great concern", please rate the issues
that might deter your firm from
partnering with the federal government.
12. Concern that the Government may
divulge commercially valuable
information to our competitors
1 2 3 4 5
13. Concern that we will be exposed to
onerous paperwork or other
administrative requirements, including
special accounting and auditing
processes
1 2 3 4 5
14. Concern that delays in funding or
administrative processing may cause my
firm to miss market opportunities
1 2 3 4 5
15. Concern about the disposition of
rights to inventions or other
intellectual property resulting from the
partnership
1 2 3 4 5
16. Insufficient information as to
whether the Government is funding or
performing R&D that my firm can use
1 2 3 4 5
17. Concern about the unpredictability
of federal laws, regulations and
programs
1 2 3 4 5
18. The government is not providing
funding or other support for
commercially valuable research
1 2 3 4 5
Question 19-23 should be answered on a
scale of 1 to 5, with 1 representing
"strongly disagree" and 5 representing
"strongly agree".
19. There is little or no difficulty in
obtaining venture capital to finance the
cost of the technology development for
my product or service.
1 2 3 4 5
20. There is little or no difficulty in
obtaining working capital to finance the
commercialization of technology
products or services developed by small
or medium sized firms.
1 2 3 4 5
21. Technology competitiveness
partnership programs currently emphasize
assistance in finding capital for both
R&D and product/service
commercialization to an appropriate
extent.
1 2 3 4 5
22. Business planning and technical
assistance activities are as important
as capital availability assistance in
successful technology development and
commercialization.
1 2 3 4 5
23. From the perspective of my firm,
federal, state and local technology
competitiveness programs work well
together
1 2 3 4 5