7. Modernization Programs and Practice

Required

Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie with Gordon Kingsley and Marc Cummings. Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services: Impacts and Insights from the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Partnership. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 1996. [Summary HTML 27K; Full Report ACROBAT *PDF 274K]

Florida Manufacturing Technology Center, 1997. (1) Overview [ACROBAT *PDF]; (2) Program History and Development [ACROBAT *PDF]; (3) Strategic Plan for Quality, Evaluation and Continuous Improvement [ACROBAT *PDF].

Paolo Chiappina and Art Ford. Technical Assistance: Analyzing Project Success Potential. Technology Transfer Society, 17th Annual Meeting Proceedings, June 1992, pp. 191-198.[ACROBAT *PDF]