The analysis presented in this chapter is based on the two last R&D surveys organized by IWT in 2000 and 2002. These surveys are addressed to the Flemish firms operating in the private business sector.
Three strategies for scientific research in management are examined: advocacy, induction, and multiple hypotheses. Advocacy of a single dominant hypothesis is efficient, but biased. Induction is not biased, but it is inefficient.
An attempt is made in this paper to illustrate the dangers inherent in the exploratory approach of research. The question of whether the potential benefits are large enough to outweigh the dangers is left to the reader.
The authors analyze how variations in contractibility affect the design of contracts in the context of biotechnology research agreements.
The authors develop a model of strategic networks in order to analyze how trade unions will affect the stability and efficiency of R&D collaboration networks in an oligopolistic industry with three firms.
The paper finds limited evidence that where UK firms do R&D,they do less than one would expect given the markets they serve. The paper’s analysis therefore resonates with a number of the policy priorities highlighted in the 10-year framework.
The study uses data on university research funding from all sources (public, private, and other) and models the economic impact of the expenditures completed by these research institutions on the Florida economy for FY 2003–04.
The main objective of this report is to conduct a survey and assessment of various indicators used by organizations, both in Canada and abroad, to measure attributes and the well-being of society at the economic, health, environmental, social, and cultural levels.
The authors analyze if there is an inverted U-shaped relation between competition and R&D. Results show that the inverted U-shaped relation is supported by the Herfindahl index but not by the price cost margin.
This paper looks at the increasing trend around the world to evaluate the quantity and quality of universities’ research output. Methods of evaluating university research output deployed across countries are discussed.