Morphological Analysis in Agricultural R&D: A Technologist's Approach to the Definition and Economic Evaluation of Technologies

ERN: Other Organizations & Markets: Decision-Making in Organizations (Topic) Pub Date : 1995-10-01 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9310.1995.tb01339.x

I. Spharim, E. Ungar

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The research scientist, the planner, and the R&D manager require a methodology that can compose a wide range of technological options within a realistic production system context and subject these options to a comprehensive, multi-parameter economic analysis. A technologically-oriented approach to the generation and ex-ante assessment of technologies is developed for this purpose in an agricultural R&D context. The approach is based on morphological analysis, in which a production process is defined as a series of tasks each of which can be accomplished by one or more alternative techniques. The model is customized for any specific production system using information provided by technology experts. This information is received in the language of the technologist, structured in a way that promotes an holistic view of the system, and processed to answer the needs of the economic evaluator. The model has been well received by technologists in the analysis of about a dozen diverse R&D projects.

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农业研发中的形态分析:技术定义与经济评价的技术专家方法

研究科学家、规划人员和研发经理都需要一种方法论，能够在现实的生产系统环境中构成广泛的技术选择，并对这些选择进行全面的、多参数的经济分析。为此目的，在农业研发的背景下，开发了一种面向技术的技术生成和事前评估方法。该方法基于形态分析，其中生产过程被定义为一系列任务，每个任务都可以通过一种或多种替代技术来完成。该模型是根据技术专家提供的信息为任何特定的生产系统定制的。这些信息以技术人员的语言接收，以促进系统整体视图的方式组织，并处理以满足经济评估人员的需求。在对十几个不同的研发项目的分析中，该模型得到了技术专家的好评。

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