Industrial Research and Innovation Indicators

Download or read book Industrial Research and Innovation Indicators written by Ronald S. Cooper and published by Special Report. This book was released on 1997-12-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workshop participants offered a variety of suggestions to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal agencies to improve the usefulness and relevance of data on industrial research and innovation, as well as to increase efficiency in collecting and processing the data. The suggestions dealt with the need to (1) clarify policy information needs; (2) improve the quality, coverage, and collection of existing data items; and (3) identify and collect new types of data.