Research assessment in the UK and Italy: Costly and difficult, but probably worth it (at least for a while)

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 260-271

  Geuna, Aldo ^a,b   Piolatto, Matteo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

H5; JEL classification I2; Z18

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; FINANCE;

ALLOCATION SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY RATIO; JEL CLASSIFICATION I2; PERFORMANCE BASED; RESEARCH FUNDING; TOTAL PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961577113     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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