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Title Assessing the value of research in the chemical sciences : report of a workshop / Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 125 pages) : illustrations
Contents Summary -- Measuring the return on investment in R & D: voices from the past, visions of the future / David A. Hounshell -- The sources of commercial technological innovation / Don E. Kash. Panel discussion: introductory session. Assessing the value of research at IBM / Joseph M. Jasinski ; Thomas J. Watson -- Evaluating materials chemistry research / James W. Mitchell -- The technology value pyramid / Trueman D. Parish. Panel discussion: industrial session. Patents and publicly funded research / Francis Narin -- Research as a critical component of the undergraduate educational experience / K. Barbara Schowen -- Scholarly research: oxymoron, redundancy, or necessity? / Jules B. LaPidus -- Assessing university-industrial interactions / Richard K. Koehn. Panel discussion: academic session. Assessing the value of research at the Department of Energy: a perspective from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences / Patricia M. Dehmer -- Assessing the value of research at the National Science Foundation / Judith S. Sunley -- National Institutes of Health response to the Government Performance and Results Act / Mary Groesch. Panel discussion: government session. Appendixes. Workshop participants -- Origin of and information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
Summary Measuring the return on investment in R & D: voices from the past, visions of the future / David A. Hounshell -- The sources of commercial technological innovation / Don E. Kash. Panel discussion: introductory session. Assessing the value of research at IBM / Joseph M. Jasinski ; Thomas J. Watson -- Evaluating materials chemistry research / James W. Mitchell -- The technology value pyramid / Trueman D. Parish. Panel discussion: industrial session. Patents and publicly funded research / Francis Narin -- Research as a critical component of the undergraduate educational experience / K. Barbara Schowen -- Scholarly research: oxymoron, redundancy, or necessity? / Jules B. LaPidus -- Assessing university-industrial interactions / Richard K. Koehn. Panel discussion: academic session. Assessing the value of research at the Department of Energy: a perspective from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences / Patricia M. Dehmer -- Assessing the value of research at the National Science Foundation / Judith S. Sunley -- National Institutes of Health response to the Government Performance and Results Act / Mary Groesch. Panel discussion: government session. Appendixes. Workshop participants -- Origin of and information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
Notes Presentations given at the workshop held Sept. 1997 in Washington, D.C
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Chemistry -- Research -- Economic aspects -- Evaluation -- Congresses
Chemical engineering -- Research -- Economic aspects -- Evaluation -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
Chemical engineering -- Research -- Economic aspects -- Evaluation.
Chemistry -- Research -- Economic aspects -- Evaluation.
Genre/Form Electronic book
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Chemical Sciences Roundtable.
LC no. 98086063
ISBN 0585047243
9780585047249