1. Don't let the tail wag the dog.
- Author
-
Fearn, Hannah
- Subjects
- *
EDUCATION research , *TECHNOLOGY transfer , *NONPROFIT organizations , *COLLEGE students , *WOMEN executives - Abstract
The article focuses on the advice given by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) technology licensing office director Lita Nelsen to Great Britain not to abandon its less significant research in an effort to exploit the financial returns of work by academics. She discourages the country from focusing its research agenda on technology transfer. She co-founded Praxis, which operates a not-for-profit technology-transfer training programme for academics. She refers to graduating students educated in research methods as the best technology transfer.
- Published
- 2009