Structural equation model for the evaluation of national funding on R&D project of SMEs in consideration with MBNQA criteria

被引：51

作者：

Sohn, S. Y. ^{[1
]}

Joo, Yong Gyu

Han, Hong Kyu

机构：

[1] Yonsei Univ, Dept Informat & Ind Engn, Seoul, South Korea

[2] Korea Informat Sci Technol Informat, Dept Innovat Infrastruct Strategy, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING | 2007年 / 30卷 / 01期

关键词：

structural equation model; R&D funding; performance index; MBNQA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2006.10.002

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Financial support on the R&D in Science & Technology for SMEs at the governmental level plays a crucial role on the improvement of the national competitiveness. Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) has supported the R&D projects of SMEs with the competitive technology ability by way of the Science and Technology Promotion Fund. In this paper, we propose a structural equation model (SEM) to evaluate the performance of such a funding program in terms of three aspects: output, outcome and impact under given funding inputs, R&D environment of a recipient company, and external evaluation programs of funding organization. We adopt Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) criteria to assess the R&D environmental factors of recipient companies. In addition, we test the effect of interim evaluation of the funded project. The proposed model is applied to the real case and is used to identify the best practices as well as to provide feedback information for the improvement of the government funding programs of the R&D projects of SMEs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：10 / 20

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