NIST GCR 06-889 - Findings from the Advanced Technology Program's Survey of Joint Ventures
APPENDIX: Survey of the ATP Joint Ventures
I. Joint Venture Motivation and Formation
| Q1. Below are several reasons why a company might choose to participate in an R&D joint venture. Please tell us how important each reason was in your company's decision to partner with other companies in an R&D JV. |
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Not Important |
Somewhat Important |
Very Important |
Extremely Important |
| Q1a. To pool resources with other
firms in order to reduce the
cost of R&D or achieve a
greater scale of effort |
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| Q1b. To benefit from
complementary R&D
expertise and capabilities of
different firms |
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| Q1c. To gain knowledge and
learn from other firms |
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| Q1d. To address a technological
problem that is common to
your industry |
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| Q1e. To access
commercialization
capabilities of other firms |
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Q2. To what extent was your company actively involved in developing
the original JV project proposal?
To a… |
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Large extent |
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Moderate extent |
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Small extent |
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Not at all |
| Q3. How likely is it that the JV would have formed without resources from ATP? |
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Large extent |
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Moderate extent |
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Small extent |
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Not at all |
| Q4. To what extent would
you say your JV
project: |
Not at all |
Small extent |
Moderate extent |
Large extent |
Not Applicable |
| Q4a. Represents a
new R&D
direction for
your
company |
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| Q4b. Represents a
new R&D
direction for
your industry
or technology
field |
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Consider the relationship between this JV project and previous or subsequent R&D projects
at your company.
| Q5. To what extent would
you say your JV
project: |
Not at all |
Small extent |
Moderate extent |
Large extent |
Not Applicable |
| Q5a. Builds on
previous R&D
work at your
company |
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| Q5b. Enhances the
value of
previous R&D
work by your
company |
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| Q5c. Stimulates
new ideas for
products,
processes, or
future
research at
your
company |
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| Q6. Prior to this JV project, how much experience with R&D collaborations across
companies did your
team members have? Would you say....... |
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A great deal of experience |
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Moderate amount of experience |
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Very little experience |
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No experience at all |
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Date created: August 2, 2006
Last updated:
September 1, 2006
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