Changing allocation models for public research funding: An empirical exploration based on project funding data

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-430

  Potì, Bianca M ^a   Reale, Emanuela ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 35648962953     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234207X239401     Document Type: Review

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