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An Empirical Analysis Of The Impacts Of Adopting Lean Purchasing And Supplier Management Principles On The Participation Of Small Businesses Within The Department Of Defense Aerospace Industry, James A. Hageman
Theses and Dissertations
The Small Business Act requires that small business concerns be afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in Federal contracts and subcontracts. The contract dollars awarded to small businesses by the Air Force have been on the decline for several years and the Air Force is not meeting its small business award goals. This thesis is a follow-on research effort to that conducted by Mr. Bruce Miller (GAQ-2M) who proposed a connection between the Lean Aerospace Initiative's (LAI) Purchasing and Supplier Management (PSM) principles and declining small business participation. The purpose of this research is to determine if the LAI's …
Commercialization And The Small Business Innovation Research Program (Sbir): An Examination Of The Impacts Of Commercialization On The Small Businesses' Ability To Provide Research And Development Innovation To The Department Of Defense, Jennifer J. Thorpe
Theses and Dissertations
This research explored the small business's perceived ability to provide goods and services to the Department of Defense through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The research was sparked by the enactment of Public Law 102-564, which increased the emphasis in commercialization as a basis for contract award and required a business plan to demonstrate commercial potential and third-party funding commitments. Five SBIR participants in the acquisition of Air Force research and developments innovation, were investigated through case-study methodology. The research concluded that although the defense industries recognized the cumbersome nature of government procurement, they are eager to provide …
Identifying Cost Patterns Of Managing Technology Transfer Actions, James C. Boyd Iii
Identifying Cost Patterns Of Managing Technology Transfer Actions, James C. Boyd Iii
Theses and Dissertations
Significant national resources are dedicated to research and development (R&D) at government laboratories. In an era of increasing deficits and resulting budget reductions, transfer of technology from these laboratories to the private sector is important in order to improve the return on this R&D investment, as well as to improve the US industrial technological base, thus enhancing our nation's economic security. However, no accurate measures to evaluate the efficiency of the technology transfer (TT) process exist. Likewise, accurate cost information, affording insight into the cost pattern and allowing more effective resource management, does not exist. This research draws on the …