Title: Coping with the multiple dimensions of R&D performance analysis

Authors: Ville Ojanen, Olli Vuola

Addresses: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, Lappeenranta FIN-53851, Finland. ' Department of Management, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, University of Lausanne, BFSH-1, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract: This study examines the challenging area of R&D performance analysis. Our purpose is to increase the understanding of the essential factors and dimensions related to R&D performance analysis, and to introduce and facilitate a process of choosing applicable metrics of R&D performance for a specific need, context and situation. The research results show the linkages of the measurement dimensions to the selection of R&D measures, which is ultimately a case-specific process.

Keywords: research and development; R&D; performance analysis; performance evaluation; performance measurement; innovation; performance indicators.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.008315

International Journal of Technology Management, 2006 Vol.33 No.2/3, pp.279 - 290

Published online: 02 Dec 2005 *

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