UID:
almahu_9949285053902882
Format:
XV, 409 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2002.
ISBN:
9781461510017
Content:
Technology Commercialization: DEA and Related Analytical Methods for Evaluating The Use and Implementation of Technical Innovation examines both general Research & Development commercialization and targeted new product innovation. New product development is a major occupation of the technical sector of the global economy and is viewed in many ways as a means of economic stability for a business, an industry, and a country. The heart of the book is a detailing of the analytical methods-with special, but not exclusive emphasis on DEA methods-for evaluating and ranking the most promising R & D and technical innovation being developed. The sponsors of the research and development may involve universities, countries, industries, and corporations-all of these sources are covered in the book. In addition, the trade-off of environmental problems vis-à-vis new product development is discussed in a section of the book. Sten Thore (editor and author) has woven together the chapter contributions by a strong group of international researchers into a book that has characteristics of both a monograph and a unified edited volume of well-written papers in DEA, technology evaluation, R&D, and environmental economics. Finally, the use of DEA as an evaluation method for product innovation is an important new development in the field of R&D commercialization.
Note:
Prologue -- I: Commercial Priorities -- 1. Tutorial. The Many Dimensions of an R&D Project: Multi-Criteria Analysis -- 2. Using Frontier Analysis to Rate the R&D Projects of a Commercial Corporation. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Prioritizing a Portfolio of R&D Activities, Employing Data Envelopment Analysis -- 3. The Life Cycles of Sales and Profits: Dealing with the Uncertainties of the Commercialization Process Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Prioritizing R&D Projects in the Face of Technological and Market Uncertainty: Combining Scenario Analysis and DEA -- 4. Investment Policies by Venture Capital Firms and Government Development Foundations. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Applying Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate the Efficiency of R&D Projects - - A Case Study of R&D in Energy Technology -- 5. Rating Academic Research. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Controlling the Efficiency of University Research in the Netherlands -- 6. Rating R&D Stock. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Pricing IPOs, Using Two-Stage DEA to Track their Financial Fundamentals -- 7. Monitoring the Dynamic Performance of a Portfolio of R&D Projects over Time. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: Evaluating a Portfolio of Proposed Projects, Ranking them Relative to a List of Existing Projects -- 8. R&D Budgeting: Assessing the Efficiency of R&D Projects in the Presence of Resource Constraints. Editorial Introduction -- Research Paper: On the Ranking of R&D Projects in a Hierarchical Organizational Structure subject to Global Resource Constraints -- II Environmental Concerns -- 9: Tutorial. The Environmental Impact of New Products -- 10: A New Mathematical Programming Format for Activity Analysis and the Life Cycle of Products. Editorial Introduction -- First Research Paper: Activity Analysis with Environmental Variables and Recycling: An Example from the Portuguese Bottled Water Industry -- Second Research Paper: Life Cycle Activity Analysis: A Case Study of Plastic Panels -- 11. Ranking Commercial Products with Harmful Environmental Effects. Editorial Introduction -- Research paper: Using DEA to Rank the Performance of Producers in the Presence of Environmental Goals -- Appendix. The Mathematics of Data Envelopment Analysis.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781402070174
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781461353454
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781461510024
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4615-1001-7
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1001-7
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