CONTEXT ANALYSIS - A TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING RESEARCH IN A FIELD, APPLIED TO LITERATURE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT AT THE SECTION LEVEL

Context analysis is a new method for appraising a body of publications . The process consists of creating a database of attributes assigned t o each paper by the reviewer and then looking for interesting relation ships in the data. Assigning the attributes requires an understanding of the subject matter of the papers. We present findings about one par ticular research field, Management of R&D at the Section Level. Our fi ndings support the view that this body of academic publications does n or meet the needs of practitioner R&D managers. The paper discusses pr actical aspects of how to apply the method in other fields.