On the Failure of Scientific Research: An Analysis of SBIR Projects Funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health
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- Martin S. Andersen & Jeremy W. Bray & Albert N. Link, 2017. "On the failure of scientific research: an analysis of SBIR projects funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 112(1), pages 431-442, July.
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technology; innovation; R&D; small firms; SBIR; NIH;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2017-03-26 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HEA-2017-03-26 (Health Economics)
- NEP-INO-2017-03-26 (Innovation)
- NEP-PPM-2017-03-26 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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