BRITE & EURAM

European Commission Directorate-General For Research And Innovation

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Evaluation study of finished projects: Synthesis reportProjects completed by December 1991
Industrial research and development

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-RESEARCH-AND-INNOVATION
• Nombre de lectures: 25
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 16 Mo

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Evûluotion study of finished projects
Projects completed by December 1991 Edited, designed and produced by POPLAR
Printed by Printéclair Commission of the Européen Communities
Directorate-General XII
Science, Research ond Development
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Projects completed by Oecember 199 /x
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Industrial and Materials Technologies
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in collaboration with VA L UE Published by the
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Scientific and Technical Communication Unit
Directorate-General
Telecommunications, Information Industries and Innovation
L-2920 Luxembourg
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1992
ISBN 92-826-4542-8
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels • Luxembourg, 1992
Printed in Belgium TABLE OF CONTENTS
7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
7 Executive summary
13 Oversigt dispositionerne
19 Zusammenfassung
Συνοπτικη περιληψη 25
31 Resumen ejecutivo
37 Resumé opérationnel
43 Rapporo esecutivo
49 Samenvatting
55 Resumo operacional
63 1. INTRODUCTION
64 1.1. Terms of reference of the study
65 1.2. Objectives of the BRITE, EURAM and BRITE-EURAM programmes
66 1.3. Objectives of the VALUE programme
67 1.4. Organization of the study
68 1.5. Structure of the report
69 II. QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION USING INDICATORS
70 2.1. The use of indicators
70 2.1.1. The list of indicators
70 2.1.2. Why indicators?
72 2.1.3. Statistical processing of the indicators
73 2.2. The projects and their performance
73 2.2.1. Characterization of the sample
74 2.2.2. Management and strategic variables
76 2.2.3. Performance of the projects
2.3. Strategic factors and variables 87
2.3.1.Scopeoftheanalysis87
2.3.2.Explainingkeyandstrategic variables87
2.3.3.Concentrationonthree variables91
2.4.Conclusionsandrecommendations94III. QUALITATIVE EVALUATION 97
3.1. Why a complementary qualitative analysis ? 98
3.2. Thematic screening of the projects 101
3.2.1. Origin of the partnerships 101
3.2.2. Quality in the definition of the objectives of the projects 101
3.2.3. Extent to which the projects are exploitation-oriented 102
3.2.4. Management by the project leader 103
3.2.5.t by the CEC 103
3.2.6. Impacts on SMEs which are not partners 104
3.3. The mechanics of success and failure 105
3.3.1. Does this review confirm the results emerging from the quantitative evaluation ? 105
3.3.2. The mechanics of success and failure 106
3.3.3. Two additional observations 107
3.4. Conclusions and recommendations 108
IV. EXPLOITATION OF THE RESULTS 111
4.1. Scope of exploitation 112
4.2. Four categories of projects 113
4.3. Categories of support 115
4.3.1. Support for exploitation 115
4.3.2. Support for dissemination 116
4.4. Conclusions and recommendations 118
V. EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAMME PROCEDURES AND METHODS 119
5.1. The evaluation and its evolving context 120
5.2. The management procedures and methods 121
5.2.1. Three basic observations 121
5.2.2. Four lines of recommendations 121
5.3. Industrial property protection 124
5.3.1. Observations based on an in depth analysis of 75 projects 124
5.3.2. Complementary observations concerning the 132 projects 125
5.3.3. The recommendations 125
5.4. Conclusions ands 127
VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 129
ANNEX 1 - CONSULTANTS OF THE STUDY
ANNEX II - LIST OF PROJECTS EVALUATED OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
On behalf of the BRITE-EURAM (DG XII) and VALUE (DG XIII) programmes, the study aimed at evaluating
207 RTD finished projects and proposing recommendations for future actions of BRITE-EURAM and VALUE.
The projects were evaluated on the following points:
• technological performance
• direct and indirect contribution to European competitiveness
• impact on the SMEs
• impact on the quality of life
• support needed for the exploitation and dissemination of results
• management procedures and methods.
ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
The study was carried out in two phases:
• the first covered 75 projects finishing in 1990, i.e. the earliest projects of the Programme
• the second covered 132 projects finishing in 1991.
Compared with the first phase, the second phase:
• benefitted from the experience gained during the first phase
• used a larger set of indicators
• used more standardized evaluation and reporting procedures
• was concerned with a larger number of projects and produced more reliable results.