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Practice of Technology Policy Evaluation in Germany: Introduction and Overview

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Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany

Part of the book series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation ((ESTI,volume 4))

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Public technology and innovation policy in the Federal Republic of Germany have become an important arena for tackling economic structural change, modernizing the national economy and, to some extent, meeting challenges to society. Tighter public budgets, control requirements of parliament and the Commission of the European Union, and the need of policy administrators to learn by using the new policy instruments, have led to an upswing in the evaluation of technology policy programmes and instruments in Germany since the mid 1980s. This book attempts to provide an overview of the present state, results and limitations of technology policy evaluation research, giving a critical résumé and discussing the wide range of programme types and policy instruments studied, the evaluation concepts and methods used, and their strengths and weaknesses.

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Kuhlmann, S., Meyer-Krahmer, F. (1995). Practice of Technology Policy Evaluation in Germany: Introduction and Overview. In: Becher, G., Kuhlmann, S. (eds) Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0988-8_1

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