Measuring the economic benefits from R&D: Improvements in the MMI model of the United Kingdom National Measurement System

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 991-1002

  Bowns, Steven ^a   Bradley, Ian ^b   Knee, Paula ^c   Williams, Fiona ^c   Williams, Geoffrey ^d  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b PA CONSULTING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation tools; R D; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867977664     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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