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The use of literature-based innovation output indicators for research evaluation

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This paper discusses the appropriateness of literature-based innovation output indicators in the evaluation arena, and it sets forth criteria against which to judge such appropriateness.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, 27412, Greensboro, NC, USA

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This paper was motivated by discussions with Zoltan Acs regarding new concepts in innovation output measurement and the implications of those concepts for small firms.

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Link, A.N. The use of literature-based innovation output indicators for research evaluation. Small Bus Econ 7, 451–455 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01112465

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