Measuring the unmeasurable: Cost-benefit analysis for new business start-ups and scientific research transfers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Albert N. Link, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Public laboratories frequently need to assess the economic impacts of two common types of technology transfers: new business start-ups and scientific research transfers. However, it is quite difficult to measure economic impacts for these two kinds of transfers because they generally involve expected future sales or the flow of intangible knowledge. Using two case studies from Sandia National Laboratories, we demonstrate in this paper an approach by which such cost-benefit estimates can be constructed. In particular, we illustrate how to estimate benefits when company (or industry) data do not exist or must be held confidential. Our cases relate to plasma thermal spray technology and polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits.
Measuring the unmeasurable: Cost-benefit analysis for new business start-ups and scientific research transfers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997, 20: 91-102
- Language: English
- Date: 1997
- Keywords
- technology transfer, start-ups, scientific research transfer, research and development