Developing Performance Metrics for Science and Technology Programs: The Case of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.

Part of a special issue on science- and technology-based economic development. The writers explore the development, implications, and limitations of a series of performance measures to discover the success of individual Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers. They note that the measures...

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Publicado en:	Economic Development Quarterly Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 174 - 186
Autores principales:	Voytek, Kenneth P., Lellock, Karen L., Schmit, Mark A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Sage Publications Inc. May 2004
Materias:	Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Organization) Study & teaching of manufacturing processes Extension workers Technological innovations United States manufacturing industries Economic development United States
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Sumario:	Part of a special issue on science- and technology-based economic development. The writers explore the development, implications, and limitations of a series of performance measures to discover the success of individual Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers. They note that the measures mark a transformation in how MEP judges and evaluates center performance and a challenge in terms of how they are employed, how they are interpreted, and how they are limited.