The Academic Executive Brief (ISSN 2212-0424), published twice a year by Elsevier, contains analysis, insight and information to assist higher education executives focused on the research enterprise in decision-making and charting a path for success.
Improving research in Spanish public universities: Impact and opportunities
By Francesc Xavier Grau Vidal, University Rovira i Virgili
The reduction in public finance is harming universities’ ability to generate knowledge and their power to bring about cultural, social and economic change
Innovation and interconnection within ROI
Interview with Yuko Harayama, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office of Japan
Universities need to transform their knowledge-creation capacity into industry, but is there a danger to innovation in focusing solely on ROI?
The unfolding science of science and innovation policy
By Joshua Rosenbloom, National Science Foundation
A community of practice centered on key issues in science and innovation policy has emerged in support of drivers to place policy decisions on a sound scientific basis.
Evidence-based decision making in academic research: The “Snowball” effect
By John T. Green, Fellow of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
How one academic executive’s experience applying business principles to the academic research enterprise led to his involvement in Snowball Metrics.
Volume 3, Issue 1 – 2013
The impact of academic research on our well-being, industry and planet is unquestionable; the ability to quantify that impact is the greater challenge.
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Snowball Metrics Recipe Book
Download agreed and tested methodologies for institutional metrics that are freely available and can be generated by any organization
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U. of Virginia Teams Up With ‘Crowdfunding’ Site to Finance Research via @chronicle t.co/X3BUbh4CxO
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