There has been a dramatic increase in expenditures on public goods
over the past thirty years, particularly in the area of research
and development. As governments explore the many opportunities for
growth in this area, they - and the general public - are becoming
increasingly concerned with the transparency, accountability and
performance of public programs. This pioneering Handbook offers a
collection of critical essays on the theory and practice of program
evaluation, written by some of the most well-known experts in the
field. As this volume demonstrates, a wide variety of methodologies
exists to evaluate particularly the objectives and outcomes of
research and development programs. These include surveys,
statistical and econometric estimations, patent analyses,
bibliometrics, scientometrics, network analyses, case studies, and
historical tracings. Contributors divide these and other methods
and applications into four categories - economic, non-economic,
hybrid and data-driven - in order to discuss the many factors that
affect the utility of each technique and how that impacts the
technological, economic and societal forecasts of the programs in
question. Scholars, practitioners and students with an interest in
economics and innovation will all find this Handbook an invaluable
resource. Contributors include: S. Arvanitis, B. Bozeman, S.
Casault, S.E. Casey, I. Feller, M.P. Gallaher, D.O. Gray, A.J.
Groen, D. Hicks, J.E. Jankowski, G.B. Jordan, G. Kingsley, A.N.
Link, J.D. Linton, R.J. Loomis, J. Melkers, A.C. O Connor, D.
Rivers, R. Ruegg, J.T. Scott, P. Thomas, N.S. Vonortas
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