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Autor/in | Sirilli, Giorgio |
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Titel | The innovative activities of researchers in Italian industry. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Innovationsaktivitaeten von Forschern in der italienischen Industrie. |
Quelle | In: Research Policy, 13 (1984) 2, S. 63-83 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0048-7333 |
Schlagwörter | Forschung und Entwicklung; Einstellung (Psy); Industrie; Berufsproblem; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Chemiker; Ingenieur; Mathematiker; Physiker; Innovation; Umsetzung; Forschungspersonal; Italien |
Abstract | Forschungsmethode: Befragung; empirisch; theoretisch. "In recent years a number of 'science indicators' have been constructed in order to gain deeper insight into the working and the impact of scientific and technological systems. Most of these indicators, drawing on data which are usually collected from various sources with different purposes, lack, to a certain extent, coherence and sometimes comparability. A more integrated approach was adopted in the study underlying this paper: the data were gathered from the principal figure in the innovation process, i. e. the researcher. A sample of researchers working in Italian industry were interviewed and supplied information on, amongst other things, their activities and the relative results. Not surprisingly, the results of this survey do not necessarily conform with other sources currently available. However, it should be realized that the information provided by the researchers, although inherently biased, is far more detailed, and represents a valuable source of knowledge of the situation not only of the single persons involved but also of the organization in which they operate. The obvious lesson is that only through the cross-checking and the integration of data coming from different types of sources is it possible to achieve a reliable and faithful picture of the complex phenomenon under review. In the paper an analysis is made of the various activities performed by researchers in Italian industry (research, development, control, design, technical, assistance, organization, updating, consultancy, etc.) and of the technological objektives of such activities (new or improved products, processes, materials). Data are also shown on the criteria which researchers judge more suitable in evaluating their performance, as well as on the researchers' output in terms of articles, monographs, papers presented at conferences, patents and inventions." (author's abstract) ((en)) |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 1995_(CD) |