Georgia Tech Policy Project on Industrial Modernization
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About the Project

The Georgia Tech Policy Project on Industrial Modernization is concerned with the analysis and evaluation of industrial modernization and technology transfer issues and policies. We conduct research that assesses the diffusion of technology, identifies modernization program best practices and evaluates industrial and regional development impacts.

Based at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, personnel involved in the project include faculty, researchers, and graduate research assistants from the School of Public Policy and the Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute.

The Project Directors are: Dr. Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; and Dr. Jan Youtie, Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute.

Current projects include:

• Evaluation of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance [see GMEA evaluation working papers]
• Studies of service coordination in the national Manufacturing Extension Partnership [Project Brief]
• Analyses of methods and results in the evaluation of manufacturing extension
• Evaluation element for USNet - a multi-state consortium to promote industrial networking [see USNet evaluation working papers]
• Studies of industrial networking projects
• Internet seminar on industrial modernization
• Workshops on the evaluation of industrial modernization

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Updated on January 14, 2004