Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice

Julia Melkers

ISBN 10: 1441951350 / ISBN 13: 9781441951359

Verlag: Springer US, 2010

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A critical issue in research and development (R&D) management is the structure and use of evaluative efforts for R&D programs. The book 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 book focuses on evaluation in practice and is comprised 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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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice
• Verlag: Springer US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1441951350
• ISBN-13: 9781441951359
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 244B x 170 H x 18 T Millimeter Breite: 244 mm, Höhe: 170 mm, Tiefe: 18 mm
• Gewicht: 562 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

A critical issue in research and development (R&D) management is the structure and use of evaluative efforts for R&D programs. The book 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 book focuses on evaluation in practice and is comprised 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.