This is a study of institutionalization and leadership strategies within an educational research and development center. The data base is a case study of the center since its establishment in 1964. The conclusions point to certain clusters of decisions as having been crucial. For example, the selection of major target audiences for center work…

This document presents research and development (R&D) expenditures reported by state based on data from the year 1999 in the United States. Information includes R&D expenditures by state, sector distribution of R&D performance by state, ratio of R&D to gross state product, and federal support for R&D by state. (YDS)

This document contains the proceedings from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Strategic Research Partnerships. Papers include: (1) "Strategic Research Partnerships: Results of the Workshop" (Albert N. Link and Nicholas S. Vonortas); (2) "Strategic Research Partnerships: Evidence and Analysis" (Stephen Martin);…

Notes that some athletes have claimed to have found superior performance in competition through hormonal manipulation with steroids. Considers the reported benefits of steroid use against the increasing research evidence revealing its harmful effects. Includes historical overview of steroid use, discussion of physical and psychological effects of…

Examines how two sources of transaction costs, small-numbers bargaining hazards and appropriability concerns, may affect established firms' choices between inhouse and external sources of research and development when technological change shifts the locus of R & D expertise from established enterprises to new entrants, and established…

This article represents the culmination of a two-year project that examined the roles of science and practice within counseling psychology. Presents specific recommendations for promoting the integration of science and practice within Division 17 of the American Psychological Association and suggests specific strategies for implementing the…

Suggests that the concept of mass customization should be seen as an integral part of market segmentation theory which offers the best way to satisfy consumers' unique needs and wants while yielding profits to companies. Proposes a new concept of "segment-based based mass customization," and offers a series of propositions which are…

The purpose of this literature review is to investigate a new generation of models that integrate two approaches to growth, hithertho different: one focusing on research and development, the other on human capital accumulation. These new models allow us to deal with inequalities and growth interaction or underdevelopment persistence in a canonical…

Broadband holds a critical position in the progress of economic and social indicators by connecting consumers, businesses and governments. South Korea has consistently been the global leader in broadband deployment since 1999. In the last ten years the Korean government has pursued several strategies for its broadband policy. The purpose of this…

This report presents the Administration's National Education Technology Plan. This plan calls for applying the advanced technologies used in everyone's daily personal and professional lives to the entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for…

In this paper, the author sketches a vision depicting some of the ways in which technology could revolutionize the traditional school environment--with static, printed texts replaced by adaptive, digital learning and virtual learning communities supplementing seat time. He argues that any such transformation, however, is dependent upon investment…

The overarching goal of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) is to build a safer, more secure, and more resilient America by preventing, deterring, neutralizing, or mitigating the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy, incapacitate, or exploit elements of our Nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR)…

The San Diego City Schools Research Cooperative is an attempt to integrate the work of practitioners, researchers, and community members to meet the individual needs of each group while providing programmatic, practical research findings to district officials. This paper discusses issues pertaining to the development of a research cooperative: the…

This report contains statistical data from the Annual Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 1982. The data represent science and engineering (SE) expenditures for separately budgeted research and development (R&D). The phrase "separately budgeted R&D expenditures" refers to current…