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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.12.1

Factors of priority setting in the government R&D investment  

Ha, Mincheol (Dept. of Puclic Administration, Cheongju University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.12, 2014 , pp. 1-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
This article has reviewed some possible factors of priority setting in the government R&D investment, and also reviewed the roles of scientific community. Recently many development countries have planned more and more large-scale researches which require huge resources. Many large-scale researches have presented strikingly poor performance records in terms of efficiency. Nevertheless, more and more large-scale researches have been selected and executed. According to this article, some factors such as attracting attention of the media and the public, enhancing national prestige, raising the technological independence for economic growth were raised. As implications for policy, this article presented a necessity of strengthening the public control for priority setting of government R&D investment. And new procedures such as public discourse and National Assembly's in-depth deliberation were presented.
Keywords
government R&D investment; large-scale research; priority setting; scientific community; political process;
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