Using Human Resource Data to Track Innovation: Summary of a Workshop

National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

Using Human Resource Data to Track Innovation: Summary of a Workshop
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
5 September 2002
Pages
80
ISBN
9780309084246

Using Human Resource Data to Track Innovation: Summary of a Workshop

National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

Despite the fact that technology is embodied in human as well as physical capital and that interactions among technically trained people are critical to innovation and technology diffusion, data on scientists, engineers and other professionals have not been adequately exploited to illuminate the productivity of and changing patterns in innovation. STEP convened a workshop to examine how data on qualifications and career paths, mobility, cross sector relationships, and the structure of work in firms could shed light on issues of research productivity, interactions among private and public sector institutions, and other aspects of innovation.

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