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A Toolkit
for Evaluating Public R&D Investment
Models, Methods, and Findings from ATP's First Decade
PART III: AN EMERGING
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
The earlier
parts of this report have described the political setting within
which ATP has operated, specific questions posed by administration
and Congressional officials about ATP’s impacts, the general
evaluative program, and the models and methods used to assess
ATP. This part looks at findings.
Essentially, five central
questions have shaped ATP’s evaluation agenda over its first
decade. These questions have naturally arisen from the political
economy of ATP’s genesis as reflected in its authorizing legislation.
They are:
- Has ATP assisted
U.S. businesses, including small businesses, to accelerate development
and commercialization of high-risk, enabling technologies?
- Has ATP fostered
collaboration among firms, universities, and other organizations,
and with what impact?Has ATP added to the nation’s
scientific and technical knowledge base?
- Has ATP helped
to refine manufacturing practices and improve the competitiveness
of U.S. industry?
- Has ATP generated
knowledge and market spillovers leading to broad-based economic
benefits and social returns substantially in excess of private
returns?
Part III examines what
has been learned in answer to these five questions and what remains to be discovered. Chapter
9 provides a crosscutting look at findings from the studies surveyed in this
report, organizing the findings by major theme. Chapter
10 provides observations and commentary about the development of ATP’s
evaluation program. It summarizes the extent of the evaluation accomplishments
to date and identifies gaps in coverage. It also proposes future directions for
ATP’s evaluation program, given past accomplishments, stakeholder questions,
gaps in coverage, and promising research opportunities.
Return to Table
of Contents or go to Chapter 9: A Crosscutting
Look at Study Findings.
Date created: July 13,
2004
Last updated:
August 2, 2005
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