In this paper we answer the question of how evaluation should be by proposing a good evaluation of research practices. A good evaluation of research practices, intended as social practices à la MacIntyre, should take into account the stable motivations and the traits of the characters (i.e. the...

The mission statement(s) (MS) is one of the most-used tools for planning and management. Universities worldwide have implemented MS in their knowledge planning and management processes since the 1980s. Research studies have extensively explored the content and readability of MS and its effect on...

New ideas no longer fuel economic growth the way they once did. A popular explanation for stagnation is that good ideas are harder to find, rendering slowdown inevitable. We present a simple model of the lifecycle of scientific ideas that points to changes in scientist incentives as the cause of...

1. Background and Research Rationale -- 2. Strategic Choice of R&D FDI -- 3. Empirical Literature on the Specific Motivations of FDI -- 4. Conceptual Framework - A Model of R&D FDI Motivations in the UK -- 5. Dynamic Panel Data Analysis Techniques -- 6. Motivations of R&D FDI in the UK –...