Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation: Improving Indicators to Inform Policy

Title: Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation: Improving Indicators to Inform Policy
Format: Book
Publication Date: 2014
Description:

National Research Council. Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation: Improving Indicators to Inform Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - through its National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) and predecessor agencies - has produced regularly updated measures of research and development expenditures, employment and training in science and engineering, and other indicators of the state of U.S. science and technology. A more recent focus has been on measuring innovation in the corporate sector. NCSES collects its own data on science, technology, and innovation (STI) activities and also incorporates data from other agencies to produce indicators that are used for monitoring

External Contributors: Robert E. Litan, Andrew W. Wyckoff
Citation:

Capturing Change in Science, Technology, and Innovation: Improving Indicators to Inform Policy

Categories:
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Related Departments:
  • School of Public Policy