This paper borrows analytical tools from the study of public policy, applying them to issues surrounding the development of universities' ‘Third Mission’ indicators. The ‘Third Mission’ refers to all activities concerned with the generation, use, application and exploitation of knowledge...

This paper applies the SIAMPI approach, which focuses on the concept of productive interactions, to the identification of the social impact of research in the social sciences. An extensive interview programme with researchers in a Welsh university research centre was conducted to identify the...

The procurement of military systems may be used as a tool to achieve industrial objectives. Medium-sized industrialised countries have the choice of procuring foreign systems on the best economic terms available, or instead using defence procurement as a tool to build up domestic industrial and...

The roles and structure of government defence research establishments are being redefined in several European countries. So far, large-scale government controlled defence research establishments have played a key function in the development of technological capabilities in the defence field....

The main problems faced by an impact assessment of this nature are summarised, and a methodological approach to them is presented. A description of the AIDS Programme and a study of its impact follows. The article concludes with an appraisal of the impact assessment methodologies used in the...