Abstract
If sensible decisions are to be made about the allocation of resources to stimulating technological innovation and change, and if those resources are to be organized and managed effectively, decisionmakers and analysts need access to indicators of industrial innovation at the level of a business unit, a firm, a product line, an industry and the nation. Without such indicators, it is not possible to know whether appropriate levels of human and financial resources are being properly deployed to achieve a desirable rate and direction of innovative activity.
This chapter is based on research supported by Grant No. SRS-8111862 from the NSF, Division of Science Resources Studies, to the MIT, with which the authors were previously associated. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not of NSF, MIT, State University of New York at Fredonia or the Congressional Research Service.
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Hill, C.T., Hansen, J.A. (1988). The Measurement of Technology and Innovation. In: Roessner, J.D. (eds) Government Innovation Policy. Policy Studies Organization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08882-9_11
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