Principal Investigators and R&D Failure : Probability of Innovation Failure in Small Business

Introduction -- R&D Project Failure and Principal Investigators -- Part I : Contextual Setting -- Publicly Funded Collaborative R&D: The Case of the US Department of Energy -- Legislative History of The SBIR Program -- A Theoretical Model of R&D Project Success or Failure -- Department of Energy and SBIR Data -- Collaborative R&D Firm and Project Characteristics: Empirical Insights -- Principal Investigators Experience in Collaborative R&D: Empirical Findings -- Part II; Reflections And Future Perspectives -- PIs and R&D Project Failure: Reflections and Future Research Avenues.