Determinants of effectiveness of international collaborative research and development: Project status report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6897718

Szpunar, C B; Dials, G E; Gillette, J L; Buehring, W A

At the request of the US Department of Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy (DOE/FE), Argonne National Laboratory developed a method to help DOE/FE decision makers assess the desirability of participation in specific international collaborative research and development (R and D) activities. Based on a review of 71 completed, existing, and planned R and D agreements, followed by structured interviews and preference assessments with individuals experienced in international coal research activities, six attributes for measuring the effectiveness of such agreements were chosen: (10 probability of achieving agreement-specific objectives, (2) US balance-of-trade implications, (3) joint commitment of the R and D partners, (4) distribution of anticipated benefits from the R and D, (5) professional challenge and worthiness of the R and D, and (6) level of industrial participation. Based on decision-analysis principles, utility functions were then developed reflecting the preferences of the experts with regard to the attributes. These attributes and utility functions comprise the basic methodology tools. The methodology was then used to rank 22 completed agreements, as well as 23 proposed R and D topics, in order of their highest desirability for DOE/FE participation. The proposed topics were selected from a list of over 100, involving 21 developing countries, identified as having potential for DOE/FE collaboration. 3 refs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6897718
• Report Number(s): ANL/EES-TM-349; ON: DE88016859
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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