As in other societal realms also in research, science, and development governments and parliaments increasingly have to legitimize their actions and want to base their future activities on informed decisions. Consequently, performance measures, benchmarking, comparative analysis, "foresight...

Seit dem Strukturwandel des deutschen Forschungssystems in den 1980er Jahren ist eine Verstärkung wettbewerblicher Elemente in der Forschungsfinanzierung zu beobachten; seit den 1990er Jahren kommen Evaluationen und öffentliche Leistungsvergleiche hinzu. Die institutionellen Evaluationen haben...

As in other societal realms also in research, science, and development governments and parliaments increasingly have to legitimize their actions and want to base their future activities on informed decisions. Consequently, performance measures, benchmarking, comparative analysis, “foresight...