Ex-ante impact assessment of research programmes: The experience of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-183

  Delanghe, Henri ^a   Muldur, Ugur ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 34548357422     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234207X218125     Document Type: Article

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