Building effective research evaluation systems to assist R&D investment decisions

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-140

  Wonglimpiyarat, Jarunee ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ex ante evaluation; Ex post evaluation; Impact; Ongoing evaluation; Outcome; Output

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249093080     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.016649     Document Type: Article

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