Innovation Transition Success: Practice Doesn't Make Perfect

Authors

Kaitlyn Ryan, National Air and Space Intelligence CenterFollow
Amy M. Cox, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
Ethan Blake, Air Force Life Cycle Management CenterFollow
Clay Koschnick, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
Alfred E. Thal Jr., Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2022

Abstract

The authors of this research examine and evaluate organizational factors associated with commercialization under the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Their objective is to improve return on investment. The data set used was the SBIR Phase II program data set, which contains information on 433 SBIR topics with closed contracts reported during Department of Defense (DoD) fiscal years (FYs) 2015 to 2018. Each data point contained characteristics of the topic, including commercialization. Military capability or topic areas were hypothesized to have varying commercialization rates. Incumbency was theorized to be a characteristic of successful programs, while increased company size was theorized as a characteristic of unsuccessful programs. Variables were analyzed through graphs and logistic regression.

Comments

Defense ARJ is published by the Defense Acquisition University. The journal's online version is hosted at https://www.dau.edu/library/darj

DOI

10.22594/dau.21-872.29.04

Source Publication

Defense Acquisition Research Journal

Recommended Citation

Ryan, K., Cox, A., Blake, E., Koschnick, C., & Thal, A. (2022). Innovation transition success: Practice doesn’t make perfect. Defense Acquisition Research Journal, 29(4), 336–358. https://doi.org/10.22594/dau.21-872.29.04