Dias, C; King, M (2022) A Meta-Analysis of NPL's Impact Case Studies: Charting NPL's Economic and Societal Benefit Mechanisms. NPL Report. IEA 8

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Abstract

Using a large sample of case studies generated by NPL over the last 20 years as a dataset, a “meta-synthesis” was used by NPL for the first time, in which these case studies were linked to one of NPL’s four sectors; and then coded with regards to a range of indicators, according to common criteria, which included three distinct types of impact. This analysis has generated three main results:

Identification of impact profiles for each of NPL’s sectors;
Evidence of marked differences in the orientation of such impact profiles among NPL’s sectors;
Provision of better qualitative evidence to inform and guide future programme management.
The location of each of NPL’s sector was evidenced within a three-dimensional impact space, whose dimensions are: ‘direct impacts’; ‘indirect impacts’; and ‘future impacts’. Moreover, a sector’s orientation in this impact-space gives an indication of its phase of development within the conventional technology lifecycle. From the analysis conducted, we see the following orientations for each of NPL’s sectors: Advanced Manufacturing is a more mature sector compared its counterparts, with high levels of direct impact; whilst Digital & Quantum is still at a youthful phase of the lifecycle, with high levels of future impacts. The two remaining sectors - Health & Life Sciences and Energy & Environment - are each producing high current impacts, as well as, high future impacts.

Item Type:	Report/Guide (NPL Report)
NPL Report No.:	IEA 8
Keywords:	Meta-analysis, Case Studies, Impact Mechanisms
Subjects:	International
Divisions:	Strategy Directorate
Identification number/DOI:	10.47120/npl.IEA8
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2022 11:30
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/9353