Overview

A critical issue in research and development (R&D) management is the structure and use of evaluative efforts for R&D programs. The text introduces the different methods that may be used in R&D evaluation and then illustrates these methods by describing actual evaluation in practice using those methods. The book is divided into two sections. The first section provides an introduction and details on several popular methodologies used in the evaluation of research and development activities. The second half of the text focuses on evaluation in practice and is made up of several chapters offering the perspectives of individuals in different types of organizations. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography of selected R&D evaluation literature, focusing on post-1985 literature, on research evaluation.

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Author:   Barry Bozeman ,  Julia Melkers ,  Julia Melkers
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.390kg
ISBN:  

9780792393252

ISBN 10:   0792393252
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 April 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I. Evaluation Methods.- 1: Methods for Evaluating the Return on R&D Investments.- 2: The Use of Case Studies in R&D Impact Evaluations.- 3: Bibliometrics as a Tool for Analysis of R&D Impacts.- 4: Co-Word Analysis.- 5: Peer Review and Evaluation of R&D Impacts.- 6: Patents and the Evaluation of R&D.- 7: Operations Research Contributions to Evaluation of R&D Projects.- Section II. Evaluation in Practice.- 8: Evaluating Federal R&D in Canada.- 9: Evaluating Federal R&D in the United States.- 10: Use of Quantitative Methods to Support Research Decisions in Business and Government.- 11: Evaluating the Industrial Relevance of Public R&D Laboratories.- 12: U.S. Evaluation of Strategic Research: Closing the Gap with Europe and Japan.- 13: The Temporal Dimension of R&D Evaluation: Incorporating Spin-Off Benefits.- 14: Criteria for Evaluating Research Projects and Portfolios.- 15: Annotated Bibliography on Evaluation of Research, 1985–1990.

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