This paper presents and demonstrates a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach to the evaluation of public Research and Development (R&D) funding. This approach aims to support rather than replace traditional evaluation approaches, by focusing on the input, output and behavioural...

The QPLU$ Merino breeding project began in the early 1990s. The aim of the project was to demonstrate the efficiency of using a selection index to achieve breeding objectives. A number of selection lines were created from three strains of Merino sheep. During the ten-year course of the project,...

Wheat genetic materials developed from research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico for developing countries have provided spillover benefits to Australia. Varieties developed from those genetic materials have resulted in yield increases in Australia. While...

Despite continuing controversy, economic surplus concepts have continued to be used in empirical cost-benefit analyses as measures of welfare to producers and consumers. In this paper, the issue of measuring changes in producer and consumer surplus resulting from exogenous supply or demand...

This paper presents and demonstrates a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach to the evaluation of public Research and Development (R&D) funding. This approach aims to support rather than replace traditional evaluation approaches, by focusing on the input, output and behavioural...