Public goods, public gains : calculating the social benefits of public R&D / Albert N. Link and John T. Scott.

Oxford scholarship online Economics and Finance

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Government's role in innovation -- Historical perspectives on public accountability -- Systematic approaches to program evaluation and evaluation metric -- Introduction to the case studies -- The advanced technology program's intramural research awards program -- Wavelength references for optical fiber communications -- The Malcolm Balridge National Quality Award -- Technologies for the integration of manufacturing applications -- Concluding statements.

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