Title: Systematic evaluation of economic and financial impacts in the development and commercialisation of research

Authors: Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat

Addresses: The National Science and Technology Development Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology, 111 Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

Abstract: An assessment of the research impacts and benefits to society is an essential component of publicly funded Research and Development (R&D) programmes/projects since the research is performed on the use of taxpayers| money. The paper is concerned with the impact assessment of research conducted for Thailand Research Fund (TRF). This study is the first systematic effort to integrate the software programming on economic and financial evaluation contributions into the process of research impact assessment. The results provide the performance measurements for research organisations which can be applied to any research disciplinarities. The study would be useful to the research community attempting to establish an effective evaluation system and assist in pricing innovations.

Keywords: research evaluation; impact assessment; economic evaluation; financial evaluation; R&D investment; research management; research and development; public funding; Thailand; innovation costs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.018591

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2008 Vol.2 No.4, pp.420 - 436

Published online: 01 Jun 2008 *

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