Papers commissioned for a workshop on the federal role in research and development

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811034503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1985
• ISBN: 0-309-59374-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RosenbergNathan <1927->; TeichAlbert H; NollRoger G; CohenLinda R. <1952->; ReissPeter C; LichtenbergFrank R; TerleckyjNestor E; BrooksHarvey; HarrisJeffrey E; AhearneJohn F; GamotaGeorge; HertzfeldHenry; MoweryDavid C; WeaverRobert D
• Soggetti: Federal aid to research - United States - Evaluation; Research - United States - Finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Workshop was held on November 21-25, 1985 and was sponsored by the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and the Academy Industry Program, activities of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""PAPERS COMMISSIONED FOR A WORKSHOP ON THE FEDERAL ROLE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE FEDERAL ROLE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""THE FEDERAL ROLE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""GENERAL""; ""A ; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SINCE WORLD WAR II""; ""PRE-WORLD WAR II""; ""WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH""; ""THE POSTWAR PERIOD""; ""THE DOMINANCE OF THE MILITARY COMPONENT""; ""FEDERAL SUPPORT OF SCIENCE""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX""; ""FEDERAL SUPPORT OF APPLIED RESEARCH: A REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE""""PRESIDENTIAL EFFORTS TO STIMULATE INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION""; ""CIVILIAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM""; ""NEW TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM""; ""INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION INITIATIVES""; ""AGENCY AND SECTORAL INITIATIVES""; ""THE NSF EXPERIENCE WITH IRRPOS AND RANN""; ""FEDERAL FUNDING OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY R&D AND DEMONSTRATION""; ""THE COOPERATIVE AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM""; ""SOME LONG-TERM SUCCESSES""; ""AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH""; ""AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH""; ""APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE BIOMEDICAL FIELD""; ""GENERIC RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS""""SOME COMMENTS ON THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE""; ""LESSONS FROM THE U.S. EXPERIENCE""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""ECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""POLITICAL INCENTIVES AND R&D POLICIES""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SELECTION OF R&D PROGRAMS""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT""; ""ILLUSTRATIONS FROM RECENT PROGRAMS""; ""THE CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REACTOR AND THE SPACE SHUTTLE""; ""COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES""; ""SYNTHETIC FUELS""; ""SEMICONDUCTORS AND COMPUTERS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""""THE GOVERNMENT ROLE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY""; ""THE PRIMARY ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN SPONSORING HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""MILITARY RESEARCH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CIVILIAN SECTOR""; ""PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT""; ""DISPARITIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF R&D IN PUBLIC POLICY THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION""; ""NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS: A U.S. SUCCESS STORY""; ""SOME NATIONAL AND MULTINATIONAL INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES""; ""RECENT INITIATIVES OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES""""FUTURE ACTIVITIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""ECONOMIC ANALYSIS""; ""ECONOMIC MEASURES OF THE RETURNS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""ECONOMIC ISSUES AND MODELS""; ""METHODS AND RATIONALES FOR RATE OF RETURN CALCULATIONS""; ""PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSES""; ""FEDERAL R&D AS A COMPLEMENT OR A SUBSTITUTE""; ""DISCOUNTED COST-BENEFIT METHODS""; ""SURVEY METHODS""; ""MEASUREMENT AND DATA ISSUES""; ""FEDERAL R&D INPUTS""; ""Temporal Aggregation""; ""Source Versus Use Definitions of Inputs""; ""Other Definitional Problems""