Systematic evaluation of economic and financial impacts in the development and commercialisation of research

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-436

  Wonglimpiyarat, Jarunee ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Economic and financial evaluation; Impact assessment; R D investment; Research evaluation; Research management

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949131785     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.018591     Document Type: Article

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