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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454224903321

Titolo

Innovation inducement prizes [[electronic resource] ] : at the National Science Foundation / / Committee on the Design of an NSF Innovation Prize, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-84450-7

9786610844500

0-309-66834-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 p.)

Disciplina

507.9/73

Soggetti

Research - Awards - United States

Performance awards - United States

Incentive awards - United States

Incentives in industry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Prizes in the National Innovation System""; ""2 An Experimental Innovation Inducement Prize Program at NSF""; ""3 Selecting Prize Topics and Implementing Early Prize Contests""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Comparison of Recent Prize Competitions""; ""Appendix B: Committee and Staff Biographies""