Measuring R&D performance - U.S. and German practices

Research Technology Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 28-32

  Werner, Bjorn M ^a,b,c   Souder, William E ^c,d,e  

^a Institute of Technology   (Germany)

^b FRESENIUS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*

^e Ctr the Mgmt of Sci and Technol   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

RATE OF RETURN (ROR);

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031139859     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.1997.11671127     Document Type: Article

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