1. America: Falling behind or ready for a move?

   From the Editor Reflections Pages: 4 - 4

2. Strategies for successful technological development

   • C. Christopher Baughn
   • Richard N. Osborne

   Strategy Pages: 5 - 13

3. Strategic perspective on technology transfer: A call for collaborative research

   • David A. Tansik

   Strategy Pages: 14 - 18

4. Information transfer between an academic research center and its member firms

   • Arnold Stern

   Strategy Pages: 19 - 24

5. Relative importance of external R&D: Trends and motivations

   • Ronald J. Rizzuto
   • Thomas J. Cook

   Strategy Pages: 25 - 30

6. Technology transfer: A taxonomic view

   • Arnold Reisman

   Strategy Pages: 31 - 36

7. Aednet: A single-discipline network in a multi-national setting

   • Daniel R. Vertrees

   Strategy Pages: 37 - 42

8. Illinois plan for technology transferat Illinois State University

   • Lawrence Fryda

   Strategy Pages: 43 - 45

9. Communicating technology: An historical view

   • Ralph Segman

   Strategy Pages: 46 - 53

10. An analysis of strategies used to disseminate the PLATO system

    • Francis D. Driscoll
    • W. C. Wolf Jr.

    By the Case Pages: 54 - 59

11. Book review

    • Oscar Hauptman
    • Richard Leifer

    BookReview Pages: 60 - 65