APPENDIX: Survey of ATP Joint Ventures

Introduction | Overview | Seven Survey Questions

INTRODUCTION

We are conducting this survey to help assess various aspects of joint venture projects funded by the Advanced Technology Program. Your responses will provide valuable information about the experiences of joint venture partners and give us insight into the functioning of these research alliances. We urge you to complete this survey so that we might better understand the factors that contribute to outcomes of joint ventures.

Our records show that your company has been a participant in the following ATP Joint Venture project:

Project Title:
Project Performance Period:
The following companies and organizations are involved in the project:
Project Partners:

1. CompanyName¹
2. CompanyName²
3. CompanyName³

The questions on this survey refer to this particular joint venture. Be assured that all data you provide is confidential, and will be used for study purposes only.

Thank you for supporting our efforts by taking the time to complete the survey. Your feedback is very important to us and will help shape the future of the Advanced Technology Program.

Sincerely,

Marc Stanley
Acting Director, Advanced Technology Program

[OMB NO.: 0693-0040 Expires 03/31/2006 - This survey is authorized under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Your response is voluntary and all data collected will be considered confidential. Public reportings for this collection of information are estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this estimate or any other aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the length of this questionnaire, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3220, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899 -3220 and the Office of Management and Budget Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.]

OVERVIEW

This page provides information about:

• What kinds of questions you’ll be asked
• How to navigate through the survey
• When are your answers saved
• How to clear your answers
• The three ways to leave the survey: Exit, Timeout, and Submit
• How to print the survey and/or your responses

What kinds of questions will you be asked?

There are seven sections to the survey:

How to navigate through the survey?

Each page of the survey has two buttons that allow you move forward and backward through the pages of the survey. They are the “Previous Page” and “Next Page” buttons. On most pages, these buttons appear at both the top and the button of the page. You can change your responses as often as you like, and you can re-visit sections of the survey as often as you like.

When are your answers saved?

Your answers are saved each time you move to a new page, go back to an earlier page, or exit the survey by clicking on "Save & Exit". If you click on the X in your browser window to exit the survey, your responses on the current page will not be saved. If you need to leave the survey before you have completed it, always click on the "Save & Exit" button that appears on each page of the survey.

How to clear your answers?

Each question has a question number printed in blue to accompany it. You can click on the question number to clear your answer.

The three ways to leave the survey: Exit, Timeout, and Submit.

Exit
You do not have to complete the survey in one sitting. If you wish to exit the survey to return at a later time, all you have to do is click on the “Save & Exit” button and all your responses will be saved. Your survey, however, will not be considered complete until you click on “Submit Survey” (see Submit section below).

Timeout
After 25 minutes of inactivity (that is, you haven’t interacted with the survey in 25 minutes), you will be given a “timeout” warning. After you get this warning, you’ll have 5 minutes to resume activity or you will be timed out. If you are timed out, new or changed responses to the questions on your current page will not be saved.

Submit
After you have navigated through the end of the survey, you will be taken to a Finish page. If you have left any questions blank, you will be notified of this and you will be given the opportunity to go back and fill in missing answers. If you are satisfied that you are done with the survey, you will be instructed to click on the “Submit Survey” button, and this will complete your participation. Once you have clicked on this button, your survey is considered complete and you will not be able to access the survey online again.

How to print the survey and/or your responses?

To print the entire survey, including any answers you might have already entered, click on the “Print Survey ” button which appears at the bottom of most pages of the survey.

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Note: Only statistically significant results are reported in this publication.

1. For ATP, small companies have fewer than 500 employees, large companies are Fortune 500 companies, and medium size companies are all others.

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Date created: August 2, 2006
Last updated: September 1, 2006

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