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Industrial
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Last updated: November 14, 2005.
Manufacturing Partnerships: Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services. Phase II Final Report. Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Jan Youtie, Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute, August 1998. [Executive Summary HTML; Full report ACROBAT *PDF 274K]
Summary of Manufacturing Extension Impact Studies, 1994-1998. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira. School of Public Policy and the Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 1998. [HTML]
Extending Manufacturing Extension. Philip Shapira. Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 1998, 45-50. [ACROBAT *PDF 551KB]
Manufacturing Partnerships: Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services in the United States. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. To be published in the OECD STI Review, 1998. [ACROBAT *PDF 58KB]
MEP Partnerships and the SBDC Program. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira. School of Public Policy and the Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 1998. [HTML]
Manufacturing Extension: Performance, Challenges, and Policy Issues. Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, July 1997. [HTML] [ACROBAT *PDF 75KB]
Tracking Customer Progress: A Follow-up Study of Customers of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol 22, No. 2, Summer 1997, pp. 43-52. [HTML][ACROBAT *PDF 46KB]
Manufacturing Partnerships: Evaluation in the Context of Government Reform, Philip Shapira, Gordon Kingsley, and Jan Youtie, Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997, 20, 1, pp. 103-112. [HTML]
New Technology Adoption in West Virginia: Implications for Manufacturing Modernization Policies, Philip Shapira and Terrence Rephann, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1996, 14, pp. 431-450. [Abstract HTML] [ACROBAT *PDF]
An Overview of Technology Diffusion Policies and Programs to Enhance the Technological Absorptive Capabilities of Small and Medium Enterprises, Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA and Stuart Rosenfeld, Regional Technology Strategies, Chapel Hill, NC, August 1996. Background paper prepared for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry.
Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services: Impacts and Insights from the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, with Gordon Kingsley and Marc Cummings, School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, July 1996. Summary version is available as Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services: Impacts and Insights from the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, 1996. Paper prepared for the Technology Transfer Society, Annual Meeting, July 1996.
Current Practices in the Evaluation of U.S. Industrial Modernization Programs. Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie, and J. David Roessner, Research Policy, 27, 2, 1996.
Reflexiones para la modernizacio industrial de las pymes: El caso de Estados Unidos y Japon. Philip Shapira, ADEGI, San Sebastian, Spain, September 1995 (Spanish). [ACROBAT .PDF 871K]
New Public Infrastructures for Small Firm Modernization in the USA. Philip Shapira, J. David Roessner, and Richard Barke, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 7, 1995, 63-84.
Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 1 Regional Needs Assessment Approaches. Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, and J. David Roessner. The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. 1995. Available in an electronic version. [HTML]
Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 2 Firm-Level Approaches. Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, and J. David Roessner. The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. 1995.
Modernizing Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises: U.S. and Japanese Approaches. Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, January 1995. Revised version published as Modernizing Small Manufacturers in the United States and Japan: Public Technology Infrastructures and Strategies, in Technological Infrastructure Policy (TIP): An International Perspective, pp. 285-334, (M. Teubal, D. Foray, M. Justman, and E. Zuscovitch, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996). [ACROBAT .PDF]
Technology Development and Applications Centers in the United States and Japan: Four Case Studies. Philip Shapira. School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1994.
Best Practices for Industrial Modernization, Philip Shapira, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, December 1993.
Modernizing Small Manufacturers in Japan: The Role of Local Public Technology Centers. Philip Shapira. Journal of Technology Transfer, Winter 1992, 40-57. [ACROBAT *PDF 1.5MB].
Federal-State Collaboration in Industrial Modernization, Philip Shapira, J. David Roessner, and R. Barke. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1992.
Studies of Technology Policies and Programs
New Public Management in the Field of Science and Technology: The Case of GPRA - Implementation at the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Harald Seckel, Diplom Wirtshaftsingenieur, University of Karlsruhe, July 2000 [ACROBAT PDF 798 KB]
Value Mapping Social Capital Outcomes in State Research and Development Programs. Gordon Kingsley and Julia Melkers, Research Evaluation, December 1999. [ACROBAT *PDF 823K]
Rethinking U.S. Research and Innovation Policy. Discussion of the book Investing in Innovation (MIT Press, 1998), ITB-Berichte, VDI, Spring 1998. Philip Shapira. In English and German. [HTML]
Georgia’s Advanced Technology Development Center: An Assessment. Rhonda Culp and Philip Shapira. Paper prepared for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Annual Meeting, December 1997. [ACROBAT *PDF 54KB]
Assessing Methods For Evaluating State Technology Development Programs: Recommendations For The Georgia Research Alliance. Jan Youtie, Barry Bozeman, and Philip Shapira. Economic Development Institute and School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA. April 1997.
Evaluation of Iowa State University's Center for Advanced Technology Development. David Roessner, Yong Lee, Philip Shapira, and Barry Bozeman. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1996. Executive Summary [ACROBAT *PDF 83K].
Studies in the History of Industrial Modernization
Aircraft Manufacturing in Georgia: A Case Study of Federal Industrial Investment. Richard S. Combes, Georgia Tech Research Institute. Paper prepared for Conference on The Second Wave: Southern Industrialization, 1940-1970, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1998. [ACROBAT *PDF 61K] [WORD 97 DOC 81K]
The Journal of Technology Transfer, Symposium Issue on Contrasting Perspectives on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1998. Edited by Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. [Contents]
Manufacturing Modernization: Implications of Evaluation Results for Program Improvement and Policy Development. Editors: Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. Proceedings of Fourth Workshop on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization Programs, Aberdeen Woods, Atlanta, 1997. Atlanta, GA: School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. [Workshop agenda; Proceedings available electronically]
Manufacturing Modernization: Learning from Evaluation Practices and Results. Editors: Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. Proceedings of Third Workshop on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization Programs, Aberdeen Woods, Atlanta, 1996. Atlanta, GA: School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. [Workshop agenda; Proceedings available electronically]
Research Policy, Theme Issue on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization, Guest Editors: Philip Shapira and J. David Roessner. Volume 25, No. 2, March 1996. [Review of contents and order information]
Evaluating Industrial Modernization: Practices, Methods and Results in the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization Programs, Edited by Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, April 1995. Papers from the 2nd Workshop on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization, Aberdeen Woods, GA 1994. [Proceedings available electronically]
Evaluating Industrial Modernization Programs: Issues, Practices, and Strategies, Edited by Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie and J. David Roessner. School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1994. Papers from the 1st Workshop on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization, Aberdeen Woods, GA 1993. [Proceedings available electronically]
Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Evaluation Working Papers
| E2501 | The Challenge of Manufacturing Innovation: Industry, Rurality, and Competitiveness in the State of Georgia, Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, June 2005. [ACROBAT PDF] |
| E2001 | Assessing the Information Technology Certificate Program, Charima Young, Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, March 2001 [ACROBAT *PDF 91 KB] |
| E9901 | Manufacturing Needs, Practices, and Performance in Georgia, 1999 to 2001, Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, Cliff Lipscomb, Greg Laudeman, Lisa Griffin, Cathy Bouffier, December 1999. [Summary HTML; Full report ACROBAT *PDF 281 KB] |
| E9802 | Evaluating Technology Deployment at the State Level: Summary of Insights from the Evaluation of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, Philip Shapira, October 1998. [HTML] |
| E9801 | The Value of Training: An Assessment of Manufacturing-Related Training from Georgia Tech's Economic Development Institute. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, September 1998. [Executive Summary HTML; Full report ACROBAT *PDF 176K] |
| E9705 | Interfirm Activities: Georgia Manufacturers’ Participation and Business Performance, Jan Youtie, November 1997. |
| E9704 | Evaluating Technology Deployment at the State Level: Methods, Results and Insights from the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance. Prepared for Conference on Policy Evaluation in Innovation and Technology, OECD, Paris, June 1997. [PDF 149K] |
| E9703 | Manufacturing Needs, Practices and Performance in Georgia: 1994-1998, Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, May 1997. [ACROBAT *PDF 1.61MB] [Executive Summary] |
| E9702 | History of Industrial Extension in Georgia, Jan Youtie and Michael Lane, April 1997. |
| E9701 | GMEA 1997: Review of Results, Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, March 1997. |
| E9607 | How Manufacturing Extension Services Can Effectively Utilize Academic Faculty To Assist Small Manufacturers, Jeff Lebow, P.E. |
| E9605 | Using GIS to Support Marketing and Business Development Efforts by Small Manufacturers, Jan Youtie and Arthur Brown, August 1996. |
| E9604 | GMEA Recommended Manufacturing Technologies Reduce Costs, Increase Production Output For Footwhere-USA Group, Inc. Jan Youtie, June 1996. |
| E9603 | GMEA ISO Guidance Boosts Profitability for Corporate Printers, Inc. Jan Youtie, June 1996. |
| E9602 | ISO and Beyond: Results of a Survey of ISO 9000-Registered Georgia Companies. Jan Youtie, Michael Lane, Cameron Meierhoefer, Philip Shapira, May 1996 (Revised June 1996). |
| E9601 | GMEA Facility Improvements Boost Baron Industries Corp. Productivity and Sales, Jan Youtie, January 1996 (Revised February 1996). |
| E9507 | GMEA Links RCF Seals & Couplings, Inc. With Federal Laboratories, Jan Youtie, December 1995 (Revised January 1996). |
| E9506 | Service Coordination and Partnership: A Case Study of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, Jan Youtie, October 1995 (Updated April 1998). |
| E9505 | GMEA Customer Progress: Results of a One Year Follow-up Survey, Jan Youtie, Alan Olisko, Philip Shapira, and Mike Lane, September 1995. |
| E9504 | Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance: Review of the First Year, Philip Shapira, May 1995. |
| E9503 | Defense Dependent Manufacturers in Georgia: Size, Location, Problems, and Needs, Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, April 1995. |
| E9502 | Assessing GMEA's Economic
Impacts: Towards a Benefit-Cost Methodology, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, March 1995
(Revised April 1995). Acrobat PDF (October 1996) |
| E9501 | Manufacturing Needs, Practices and Performance in Georgia: 1994 Georgia Manufacturing Technology Survey. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, January 1995. |
| E9404 | Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance Evaluation Element. Progress Report: First Three Quarters, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, November 1994 (Revised January 1995). |
| E9403 | The Textile and Carpet Industries (InfoTAC) Demonstration Project: Evaluation Plan, Holly Grell Lawe, August 1994. |
| E9402 | Procedures for Pilot of Firm-Level Customer Profile and Customer Evaluation of Services, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, August 1994. |
| E9401 | Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance: Overview of the Evaluation Plan, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, August 1994. |
Interfirm Collaboration (USNet)
Firm Connections
Special USNet review issue of Firm Connections, vol. 5., no. 6, November-December 1997. Articles by Trent Williams, Stuart Rosenfeld, Brian Bosworth, Philip Shapira, Gordon Kinsley and Hans Klein, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, and Doug Welch. [Acrobat *PDF 1.67MB]
USNet Evaluation Working Papers
The Evaluation of USNet: Overview of Methods, Results, and Implications. Final Report. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9805. August 1998. Philip Shapira. [Executive Summary - HTML; Full report - Acrobat *PDF 220K]
USNet's Foundation Forums: Final Summary Participant Evaluations. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9804. July 1998. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie.
Networking Initiatives in the States: USNet’s Involvement in Promoting Interfirm Collaboration. Report of 1997 USNet State Benchmark Assessment. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9803. June 1998. Mary Anne Alabanza Akers and Philip Shapira. [Executive Summary - HTML; Full report - Acrobat *PDF 121K]
Building Capacity and Support for Interfirm Collaboration: An Assessment of USNet Special Projects in Five States. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9802. April 1998, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, Jan Youtie, and Philip Shapira. [Acrobat 58k]
Analysis of Participant Evaluations - Illinois Executive Briefing. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9801. January 1998. Jan Youtie.
Inter-firm Collaboration as a Modernization Strategy: A Survey of Case Studies. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9703, November 1997. Gordon Kingsley and Hans K. Klein. [HTML] [Revised version published in the Journal of Technology Transfer, Winter 1998]
InterFirm Collaboration to Improve Competitiveness: An Evaluation of USNet's Foundation Forum Workshops, USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9702, October 1997. Mary Anne Alabanza Akers and Philip Shapira. [Acrobat 133k]
Net Benefits: An Assessment of a Set of Manufacturing Business Networks and their Impacts on Member Companies. October 1997. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9701. Doug Welch, Eric Oldsman, Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie and Julie Lee. [Acrobat 167k] [Word 97 Text & Appendices]
Analysis of Participant Evaluations of the North Carolina Foundation Forum, 9.96. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9606. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, December 1996. [Acrobat 28K]
Case Studies of Interfirm Collaboration: A Survey. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9605. Gordon Kingsley, December 1996.
Analysis of Participant Evaluations of the Illinois Foundation Forum 11.96 and the Illinois Executive Briefing on Interfirm Collaboration 11.96. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9604. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, December 1996.
Analysis of Participant Evaluations: Bloomington, IL, July 8-9, 1996. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9603. Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, July 1996.
Analysis of Networking Organizations, RTS Database of July 1996. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9602. Philip Shapira, July 1996.
Analysis of Participant Evaluations: West Virginia Foundation Forum, Charleston, WV, May 8-9, 1996. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9601. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, June 1996.
Annual Review: Evaluation Approach, Year 1 Findings, Year 2 Initiatives. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9506. Philip Shapira, December 1995.
Manufacturing Extension and Inter-Firm Cooperation: Is There a Match? Or, Does Anyone Have a Match? Report of a Survey of MEP Centers. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9505. Brian Bosworth, December 1995.
Establishing the Building Blocks: A Follow-Up Evaluation of USNet's Foundation Forums on Inter-firm Collaboration. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9504. November 1995. Gordon Kingsley. [Acrobat *PDF 108K]
USNet Network Member Benchmark Study: Initial Findings and Potential Measures, USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9503, 1995. Nexus Associates, Inc.
Case Study Methodology for USNet , March 1995. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9502. Daniel Broun.
Summary Participant Evaluations of USNet Training Events (updated through December 1995). USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9501. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie.
USNet Baseline Assessment - USNet Member States, 1994. USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9402. Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie. [Acrobat *PDF 485K]
USNet: An Enabling Service for Manufacturing Networks: Evaluation Strategy, USNet Evaluation Working Paper 9401, June 1994. Philip Shapira.[Acrobat *PDF 534K]
Survey and Benchmarking Tools
West Virginia Manufacturing
Survey
West Virginia 1997 Manufacturing Survey, Luc Anselin and Philip
Shapira.
Survey [PDF] | Cover letters [PDF]
Georgia
Manufacturing Extension Alliance
Georgia Manufacturing Survey, 1996, Philip Shapira and
Jan Youtie, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, September 1996
Overview of Approach | Survey Questionnaire | Preliminary Results |
Customer Benchmark Report [PDF] | Executive Summary of Report | Final Report
[PDF 1.61MB].
Georgia Manufacturing Technology Survey 1994, Customer Benchmark Report, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, March 1995.
Georgia Manufacturing Technology Survey 1994, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, August 1994.
Customer Evaluation of Services, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance, August 1994. [ACROBAT .PDF] Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, May 1998. [ACROBAT .PDF]. Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, November 1998. [Image file .jpg].
Online Seminar on Industrial Modernization: Policy, Practice and Evaluation (Multi-media web site).
"Real Teaching" Using the Internet: Insights from an Online Seminar on Industrial Modernization, Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-1999. [HTML]
Student Theses and Papers
Cameron Meierhofer. Technology Adoption and Productivity in Georgia Manufacturing Establishments, MS Thesis, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, June 1997. [ACROBAT.PDF 110K]
Project Briefs and Media Publications
Impacts of NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership on Industrial Modernization Service Provision. Project Brief (July 1997).
Tracking Manufacturer's Problems (Report of the 1996 Georgia Manufacturing Survey). The Industrial Advisor, Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute, April 1997, 12(2). [ACROBAT *PDF 90K]
Understanding Program Impacts on Customers. Manufacturing Matters. 1996.
GMEA Survey Identifies Problems Facing Georgia Manufacturers. MODCOMM, Fall 1995. "The Perfect Fit," Industrial Advisor, April 1996.
Surveying Industry's Needs. The Industrial Advisor, Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute, Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, January 1995.
The Impact of NIST's MEP/TRP Programs on Industrial Modernization Service Provision in the United States, June 1995.
Georgia Manufacturing Assistance Pays Off (Summary of GMEA Benefit Cost Analysis), May 1995.
Requests for Publications
Please contact: Jan Youtie: +1-404-894-6111 Fax: +1-404-894-0069 Email: jan.youtie@edi.gatech.edu
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