Toolkit for Evaluating Public R&D Investment: Models, Methods, & Findings from ATP’s First Decade

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Year: 2003
Pages: 388
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756741599

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Rosalie Ruegg (au); Irwin Feller (au); Connie K. N. Chang (ed). Evaluation is an essential component of publicly funded R&D programs. The Advanced Tech. Program (ATP) has engaged nationally prominent evaluators to apply new & existing methods in building an analytical & empirical basis for ATP’s operations & performance. This report draws from a body of 45 studies commissioned by ATP between 1990 & 2000 & analyzes the methods & techniques used & examines the findings of those studies. The findings are organized around 5 themes: industry effects, collaboration effects, spillover effects, interfaces & comparisons with other programs, & measures of program perform. The toolkit of eval. methods illus. how those methods can be used to answer a variety of stakeholder questions. Illus.

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