An Assessment of the SBIR Program
An Assessment of the SBIR Program

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-01-29

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0309110866

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The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies' extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the request of Congress, the National Academies conducted a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. Drawing substantially on new data collection, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the SBIR program at the five agencies representing 96 percent of program expenditure-DOD, NIH, NSF, DOE, and NASA-and makes recommendations on improvements to the program. Separate books on each agency will also be issued.

Measuring Scholarly Impact
Measuring Scholarly Impact

Author: Ying Ding

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 3319103776

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This book is an authoritative handbook of current topics, technologies and methodological approaches that may be used for the study of scholarly impact. The included methods cover a range of fields such as statistical sciences, scientific visualization, network analysis, text mining, and information retrieval. The techniques and tools enable researchers to investigate metric phenomena and to assess scholarly impact in new ways. Each chapter offers an introduction to the selected topic and outlines how the topic, technology or methodological approach may be applied to metrics-related research. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Measuring Scholarly Impact: Methods and Practice is designed for researchers and scholars interested in informetrics, scientometrics, and text mining. The hands-on perspective is also beneficial to advanced-level students in fields from computer science and statistics to information science.

Handbook of Research on Intrapreneurship and Organizational Sustainability in SMEs
Handbook of Research on Intrapreneurship and Organizational Sustainability in SMEs

Author: Perez-Uribe, Rafael

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-04-13

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1522535446

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Smaller companies are abundant in the business realm and outnumber large companies by a wide margin. Understanding the inner workings of small businesses offers benefits to the consumers and the economy. The Handbook of Research on Intrapreneurship and Organizational Sustainability in SMEs is a critical scholarly resource that examines the strategies and concepts that will assist small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve competitiveness. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as financial management, corporate sustainability, and organizational culture, this publication is geared towards business managers, professionals, graduate students, and researchers working in the field of smaller-scale business development initiatives.

Radical Innovation
Radical Innovation

Author: Richard Leifer

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780875849034

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This text aims to prove that established companies can implement revolutionary innovations, and that it is not limited to the realm of startup companies.