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Science 18 January 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4121, pp. 172 - 179
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4121.172
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Norway: Small Country Plans Civil Science and Technology

Experience suggests how cooperative applied science programs can be linked to national goals and needs

James Brian Quinn 1 and Robert Major 2

1 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
2 Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Box 279, Blindern Oslo 3, Norway

Smaller countries—and even more advanced large countries—need to carefully plan and allocate their limited resources in civil science and technology for maximum impact in terms of national goals. Norway's recently completed 2frac12-year attempt at more formal planning in the civil-industrial sector may suggest some useful approaches to this complex problem. It should also offer helpful insights to those interested in broad-scale, government-private planning in science and technology elsewhere.

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