Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Technology Transfer

Spread and adoption of inventions and techniques from one geographic area to another, from one discipline to another, or from one sector of the economy to another. For example, improvements in medical equipment may be transferred from industrial countries to developing countries, advances arising from aerospace engineering may be applied to equipment for persons with disabilities, and innovations in science arising from government research are made available to private enterprise.

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Spread and adoption of inventions and techniques from one geographic area to another, from one discipline to another, or from one sector of the economy to another. For example, improvements in medical equipment may be transferred from industrial countries to developing countries, advances arising from aerospace engineering may be applied to equipment for persons with disabilities, and innovations in science arising from government research are made available to private enterprise.

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15 entry terms
  • Technology Transfers
  • Transfer, Technology
  • Transfers, Technology
  • Research Commercialization
  • Technology Commercialization
  • Technology Licensing
  • Commercialization, Research
  • Commercialization, Technology
  • Commercializations, Research
  • Commercializations, Technology
  • Licensing, Technology
  • Licensings, Technology
  • Research Commercializations
  • Technology Commercializations
  • Technology Licensings

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  • Technology (1976-1994)
  • Technology, Medical (1976-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Technology Transfer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018581. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018581
  2. Technology Transfer. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_transfer
  3. Technology Transfer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1061910