Incentives and Performance Governance of Research Organizations
This book contributes to the current discussion in society, politics and higher education on innovation capacity and the financial and non-financial incentives for researchers. The expert contributions in the book deal with implementation of incentive sys
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Isabell M. Welpe • Jutta Wollersheim Stefanie Ringelhan • Margit Osterloh Editors
Incentives and Performance Governance of Research Organizations
Editors Isabell M. Welpe Jutta Wollersheim Stefanie Ringelhan TUM School of Management Technische Universita¨t Mu¨nchen Germany
Margit Osterloh Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany, and University of Zurich Switzerland
Sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (grant no. 01PW11006). Any opinions expressed here are those of the authors. ISBN 978-3-319-09784-8 ISBN 978-3-319-09785-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09785-5 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014955363 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Does Science Go Wrong? Recently, the Economist (2013) stated on its front page “How science goes wrong,” thereby calling attention to the discovery that much research is of poor quality. According to the Economist (2013, p. 11), “[a] rule of thumb among biotechnology venture-capitalists is that half of published research cannot be replicated.” The
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