Improving measures of science, technology, and innovation : interim report / / Panel on Developing Science, Technology, and Innovation Indicators for the Future, Robert E. Litan, Andrew W. Wyckoff and Kaye Husbands Fealing, editors ; National Research Council of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (77 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.483
• Soggetto topico: Technological innovations
• Altri autori: LitanRobert E. <1950-> WyckoffAndrew W FealingKaye Husbands
• Note generali: "Committee on National Statistics Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Affairs, Division of Policy and Global Affairs."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Concepts and Uses of Indicators""; ""3 Measuring Human Capital""; ""4 Measuring Innovation""; ""5 Measuring Research and Development Services""; ""6 Developing Subnational Datasets and Indicators""; ""7 Improving Data Collection and Dissemination""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Panel Workshop Agenda and Participants""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff""
• Sommario/riassunto: "The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), at the U.S. National Foundation, is 1 of 14 major statistical agencies in the federal government, of which at least 5 collect relevant information on science, technology, and innovation activities in the United States and abroad. The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 expanded and codified NCSES's role as a U.S. federal statistical agency. Important aspects of the agency's mandate include collection, acquisition, analysis, and reporting and dissemination of data on research and development trends, on U.S. competitiveness in science, technology, and research and development, and on the condition and progress of U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Improving Measures of Science, Technology and Innovation: Interim Report examines the status of the NCSES's science, technology, and innovation (STI) indicators. This report assesses and provides recommendations regarding the need for revised, refocused, and newly developed indicators designed to better reflect fundamental and rapid changes that are reshaping global science, technology and innovation systems. The book also determines the international scope of STI indicators and the need for developing new indicators that measure developments in innovative activities in the United States and abroad, and Offers foresight on the types of data, metrics and indicators that will be particularly influential in evidentiary policy decision-making for years to come. In carrying out its charge, the authoring panel undertook a broad and comprehensive review of STI indicators from different countries, including Japan, China, India and several countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa. Improving Measures of Science, Technology, and Innovation makes recommendations for near-term action by NCSES along two dimensions: (1) development of new policy-relevant indicators that are based on NCSES survey data or on data collections at other statistical agencies; and (2) exploration of new data extraction and management tools for generating statistics, using automated methods of harvesting unstructured or scientometric data and data derived from administrative records."--Publisher's description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving measures of science, technology, and innovation
• ISBN: 0-309-25392-6; 1-280-12353-2; 9786613527394; 0-309-25390-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807806403321
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