Evaluating R&D Impacts: Methods and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Methods for Evaluating the Return on R&D Investments....Pages 1-16
The Use of Case Studies in R&D Impact Evaluations....Pages 17-42
Bibliometrics as a Tool for Analysis of R&D Impacts....Pages 43-61
Co-Word Analysis....Pages 63-78
Peer Review and Evaluation of R&D Impacts....Pages 79-98
Patents and the Evaluation of R&D....Pages 99-121
Operations Research Contributions to Evaluation of R&D Projects....Pages 123-153
Evaluating Federal R&D in Canada....Pages 155-162
Evaluating Federal R&D in the United States....Pages 163-178
Use of Quantitative Methods to Support Research Decisions in Business and Government....Pages 179-205
Evaluating the Industrial Relevance of Public R&D Laboratories....Pages 207-228
U.S. Evaluation of Strategic Research: Closing the Gap with Europe and Japan....Pages 229-244
The Temporal Dimension of R&D Evaluation: Incorporating Spin-Off Benefits....Pages 245-262
Criteria for Evaluating Research Projects and Portfolios....Pages 263-277
Annotated Bibliography on Evaluation of Research, 1985–1990....Pages 279-300
Back Matter....Pages 301-304