Delivering beneficial impacts in Assistive Technology: Improving government's approach to innovation

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作者：

Lane, Joseph P. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ Buffalo SUNY, New York, NY 14260 USA

来源：

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY: BUILDING BRIDGES | 2015年 / 217卷

关键词：

Assistive Technology; science; technology; innovation; invention; government; industry; academia; market failure; procurement contract; exploratory grant; policy; practice;

D O I：

10.3233/978-1-61499-566-1-78

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Society typically relies on the industrial sector to supply product and service innovations through the free market system. In some areas of free market failure deemed important to society - such as Assistive Technology - governments intervene by applying alternative innovation systems. This paper contends that governments consistently and inappropriately support an exploratory grant approach led by academia which generates knowledge in conceptual and prototype states, and instead should shift to a procurement contract approach led by industry which designs, tests and deploys commercial products and services.

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