Observations on the measurement of R&D productivity: a case study

Recent concerns over national and corporate competitiveness have stimulated a renewed interest in the measurement of R&D productivity. However, the complexity of measurement problems in R&D organizations has resulted in a situation where there is a scarcity of generally accepted techniques....

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Published inIEEE transactions on engineering management Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 325 - 331
Main Authors Brown, W.B., Gobeli, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.1992
Subjects
Area measurement
Computer aided software engineering
Financial management
Industrial relations
Monitoring
Process design
Productivity
Project management
Research and development
Time measurement
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Summary:Recent concerns over national and corporate competitiveness have stimulated a renewed interest in the measurement of R&D productivity. However, the complexity of measurement problems in R&D organizations has resulted in a situation where there is a scarcity of generally accepted techniques. The authors review the major measurement issues connected with R&D productivity and presents the results of a case study to develop a R&D productivity measurement system. They describe the process of designing such a system for a high-tech product-development organization, and also provide a reduced list of ten R*D productivity indicators for ongoing monitoring purposes.< >
ISSN:0018-9391
1558-0040
DOI:10.1109/17.165414