NIST GCR 06-889 - Findings from the Advanced Technology Program's Survey of Joint Ventures
APPENDIX: Survey of the ATP Joint Ventures
II. Joint Venture Project Characteristics
We'd like you to think about the ambitiousness of the JV project overall and the degree of
difficulty of your company's part in the JV.
Overall Project
| Q7. Relative to other R&D initiatives in your industry, how ambitious would you say are the
goals identified for the JV project overall?. |
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Your Company's Part in the Project
We would like you to compare your JV project to typical R&D projects at your company.
| Q8. Consider the technical difficulty of your company's part in this JV project. How does this
project compare to a typical R&D project at your company? |
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Much more
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| Q9. Consider technical risk. At the start of the project, what would you say was the
approximate probability, from 0% to 100%, that your company could fully achieve the
technical goals defined for your part of the JV project? |
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% probability |
| Q10. What is the approximate probability, from 0% to 100%, that a typical R&D project at your
company could fully achieve its technical goals? |
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% probability |
| Q11. Consider the expected impact of the JV project on your company. Approximately how
many years after the start of your JV project could you expect results to first have an
impact on company revenues or costs? |
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years |
Q12. Approximately how many years after the start of a typical R&D project could you expect
results to first have an impact on company revenues or costs? |
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years |
Now we would like to ask some questions about the exchange of technical knowledge
among the JV partners.
Some knowledge can be written down and easily transferred, while other knowledge is hard
to define and not easily communicated. This other kind of knowledge is thought of as "know
how" that must be acquired through experience and interaction.
| Q13. To what extent is exchange of technical "know-how" among JV partners critical to
achieving research success in your JV? |
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Large extent |
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Moderate extent |
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Small extent |
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 Please continue to Question 15. |
Q14. How successful have you been in exchanging technical "know-how" with your JV
partners to meet the objectives of the project?
To a… |
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Very successful |
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Successful |
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Neither successful nor unsuccessful |
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Unsuccessful |
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Very unsuccessful |
| Q15. To what extent is work on the JV project highly interdependent (i.e.,
demand a highdegree of coordination among the JV partners)? 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 |
Continue to Question 17. |
| Q16. How successful have you been in achieving coordination with your JV partners to meet
the objectives of the project? |
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Very successful |
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Successful |
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Neither successful nor unsuccessful |
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Unsuccessful |
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Very unsuccessful |
| Q17. Next we'd like to know about your JV project's links with universities and other research
organizations. |
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Not at all |
Small extent |
Moderate extent |
Large extent |
| Q17a |
To what extent is your JV
project based on university
research? |
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To what extent does your JV
project depend on
technology licensed from
universities? |
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Q18. How much interaction does your JV team have with researchers based at universities or
other research organizations? (Include interactions with JV members as well as others
outside the JV.) |
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A great deal of interaction |
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Moderate amount of interaction |
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Very little interaction |
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No interaction at all |
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Date created: August 2, 2006
Last updated:
September 1, 2006
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