1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Performance measurement in management literature -- 3. Perspectives of … practice -- 6. Measurement concepts and implications -- 7. Developing a generalizable model for measuring organizational …

&D activities and the measurement of their performances. The framework encompasses a set of hierarchical, interrelated levels at … which R&D evaluation and performance measurement could be undertaken. This enlightening book focuses on the single … industrial firm to study performance measurement of R&D functions, projects and individual researchers or engineers. It also …

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic …pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies … problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first …

Kafouros theoretically and empirically examines the impacts of innovation and scientific knowledge on the productivity …'s productivity, and how multinationals build on external inventions, ideas and knowledge. The results confirm that not all firms can … innovation and firm productivity performance, the book also investigates a number of additional issues including the costs of R …

. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

This important book presents fresh thinking and new results on the measurement of sustainable development. Economic … relevant theory is presented briefly, the chief emphasis is on empirical measurement of the change in real wealth: this measure …