Institutional Incentives and Disincentives to Successful Implementation

摘要

Ann Brach explained that she would reflect on the lessons of implementation in the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), an applied research program, as well as in the first SHRP program. The key lesson from SHRP 2 was on the importance of specific strategic objectives-real-world needs-that drove the research agenda. The important point, Brach said, was that there was an overarching agenda, not just a set of individual research projects. She stressed that implementation is very context dependent and people oriented. In particular, implementation depends on investing time and money in development and creating a culture of innovation.