Mark Dodgson and John Bessant, "The implications of the new learning about innovation for innovation policy," in Effective Innovation Policy: A New Approach, Thompson Business Press, London, 1996. Chapter 3. [ACROBAT * PDF 253K]
Office of Technology Assessment, Making
Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1990. Extract: Where
We Stand: Public Policy and Technology, Chapter 7, "Industrial Extension," pp.
173-184. [ADOBE *PDF 289K]
Major congressional study that linked an expanded U.S. industrial extension system with
economic competitiveness. Case studies of 1980s extension programs in Georgia, Michigan,
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Richard S. Combes, Case Study: Georgia Tech Industrial Extension Service. In: Origins of Industrial Extension: A Historical Case Study. Master’s Thesis, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1992. [ADOBE *.PDF 68K; MS WORD 93K]
Learning to Change: Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers. Commitee to Assess Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies. Manufacturing Studies Board, National Research Council. Washington, DC; National Academy Press, 1993. Extract: Minority Report. [ADOBE *PDF 112K]
Congressional Budget Office, Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options. Washington, DC: 1996. Extract: Eliminate the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the National Quality Program. pp. 251-252. [ADOBE *PDF 165K]