A framework for identifying public research priorities: an application in forestry research.

Glenn Fox

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-109

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A framework for identifying public research priorities: an application in forestry research.

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Authors:

Glenn Fox

Year:

1986

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-109

Source:

General Technical Report NC-109. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Discusses attempts to model and measure the relationship between research and development activity and the rate and nature of technological change in recent decades. Reviews efforts to model optimal research resource allocation, and presents a model for southern pine forestry research.

Keywords

optimal budget allocations, resource allocation, optimal research budgets, optimization procedures, research evaluation

Citation

Fox, Glenn. 1986. A framework for identifying public research priorities: an application in forestry research. General Technical Report NC-109. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station