Science Policy and Research Management in the Balkan Countries

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Preface. The Academy of Athens and its role in the cultural and technological development of Greece P.S. Theocaris. Research activities at the universities in relation to the industrial development of Greece G. Parissakis. The impact of national research centers and science parks on the science policy of Greece N. Katsaros. The NATO Science programme: outreach activity with cooperation partner countries A.J. Hubier. Science policy in the transition period in Albania V. Mara. Some controversial questions about the research and development in transition from centralized to free market economy (Albanian case) P.D. Skende. Science and technology management in Bulgaria L. Vitoshka, G. Sotirov. Science in the Balkan countries: key policy issues J.-E. Aubert. The main reform guidelines of the R&D institutional system A. Toia, I. Roman. Specific programmes of research and technological development in Romania in the transition period A. Voicila. Science and technology policy and research management in Turkey OE. Kaymakcalan. Achievements in solid state electronics in the Moldova Republic S. Radautsan. Achievements and prospects of photobiotechnology in Moldova V.F. Rudic. Research management in the Netherlands. The research council mechanism A.P. Plompen. Principles underlying the development of the US science enterprise J.M. McCullough. Guidelines for science policy and research management in Armenia Y.L. Sarkissyan. Information technology transfer in Armenian science Yu. Shoukourian. `What does a market economy mean to technology transfer?' R.E. Armit. Science and technology policy in Hungary A. Havas. Outlook of the Slovak science and technology policy F. Macasek. Science and technology policyin the 1990s: the case of the United Kingdom M. Nedeva.