Dr. Geisler's far-reaching, unique book provides an encyclopedic compilation of the key metrics to measure and evaluate the impact of science and technology on academia, industry, and government. Focusing on such items as economic measures, patents, peer review, and other criteria, and supported by an extensive review of the literature, Dr. Geisler gives a thorough analysis of the strengths and weaknesses inherent in metric design, and in the use of the specific metrics he cites. His book has already received prepublication attention, and will prove especially valuable for academics in technology management, engineering, and science policy; industrial R&D executives and policymakers; government science and technology policymakers; and scientists and managers in government research and technology institutions.
ELIEZER GEISLER is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology. Dr. Geisler is author of more than 70 scientific articles in technology management and related topics, and of four books, including two from Quorum: Managing the Aftermath of Radical Corporate Change (1997), and Methodology, Theory, and Knowledge in the Managerial and Organizational Sciences (1999).