tailieunhanh - Biofuel Technology Handbook Dominik Rutz & Rainer Janssen 2008

Although the results of many recent research impacts studies support the view that investments in agricultural research continue to generate attractive rates of return, some people are uncomfortable with the limitations of the economic framework. Their concern is understandable, because economic rate-of-returns analysis is, in some ways, poorly suited for evaluating an activity (agricultural research) whose primary outputs (technological innovations) are essentially a means of achieving broader welfare goals that cannot easily be measured, much less valued. The realization that traditional economic approaches are not always well-suited for dealing with changes in the quality of human lives has fueled interest in alternative research impacts assessment methods that are less dependent on the dry calculus. | Biofuel Technology Handbook This handbook is published by WIP Renewable Energies Sylvensteinstr. 2 81369 Munchen Germany Copyright WIP Renewable Energies Autors . Dominik Rutz . Dr. Rainer Janssen Version 2nd Version January 2008 Project Biofuel Marketplace With the support of Intelligent Energy Europe Contract No. EIE 05 022 .