NWetporjsi77EvalxatirzgPuDIicTrzyestrzeRzts17ciezce44TecRzOI08gyNicholas8.FonortasCentsrforInternationalScienceandTechnologyPolicyandDepattthehtofEcononiicsTheGeorgeWashingtonUniversityEU-WRENEvaluationWorkshopJune17-18,2004Science,TechnologyandInnovationIndicators:ArguingforProcessIndicatorsSTTIIndlcatorsSTILindicatorscanbegroupedintofoursets:InputindicatorsOutputindicatorsInnovationindicatorsProcessindicatorsProcessIndlcatorsEconomistswouldarguethatalltheseindicatorscouldfitwelltotheclassicmoldofaproductionfunction,Y二什X),where叉isasetofS&TinputindicatorsandtheYstandsfortheS&Toutputindicatorsandinnovationindicators.WeareonlynoyWystartingtounravyelthe-middle;the“blackbox“thstransfoamnatiotrofoneiatotheothet(function.SomeoftheinformationcollectedthroughtheinnovationSurveysisheadingthatwaybytryingtopullinqualitativeinformationonagentbehayior,Stillnobodycanclaimwearethereyet.KnowledgeProductionFunction扇兽7亓炙yONetworkIndilcatorsThisisexactlywhereinnovationnetworkindicatorsfitin.Innovationnetworkindicatorsaccountforthecomplexformalandinformalrelationshipsamongeconomic“agentsinvolyedininnovation,includingcompanies,universities,andgovernmentagencies.Currently,morethanoneinternationalresearchprojectsWerebuildingveryextensivelongitudinalinnovationnetworkdataonasubject-basedapproachthbatallowstheircomplementwith“otherpubliclyavailabletime-seriesinformationontheperformanceofindividualorganizations.NWETIFORKEIVNDIC4TORSFORTVDUSTRIJ4PPR4TS4TLNCRA-RJVDB:Overview。DatabaseofallRJVsregisteredwiththeUSDepartmentofJusticeunder:一theNationalCooperativeResearchAct(NCRA,1984)一theNationalCooperativeResearchAct(NCRPA,1993)。BasedentheatnounceineltsintheFederalRegister(FRJ.。Coveredperiod:1985一1999.NCRA-RJVDB:OverviewItrecords:一Date0fannouncementsonRJVsintheFR.一TechnicalareaanddescriptionofRJVs一Membership(includingtheentryandexitdates)inRJVs一Uniquelyidentifiedentity(firm,university,governmentagency)WhichisamemberinoneormoreRJVs一Business/industrycharacteristicsofidentifiedentities。796RJVs,6,517entitiesarelistedasoftheendof1999.NCRA-RJVDB:AnnualTrendsvanooneeneet心a|I矗门万一5一井z】HE5林标标标标标余标余w