Success factors and success criteria for research and R&D projects

• Authors: Agata Klaus-Rosińska , Joanna Iwko

Abstracts

EN

The topic literature of the success in research and R&D projects, their success factors, or success criteria is not very extensive. Although a few items on this topic can be found, they often do not distinguish between types of projects in the research area between research projects and R&D projects. The aim of the paper is to present the success factors and success criteria of research and R&D projects and their importance for these types of projects. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the following research methods were used: a literature review and a survey analysis using correlations. The research was conducted on a sample of 200 organizations in Poland that run research and R&D projects. Based on the conducted quantitative research, the importance of individual success factors and success criteria of research projects and R&D projects was determined. The research results show that the importance of success factors and criteria for research and R&D projects varies.

Keywords

EN

project success; success factors; success criteria; research projects; R&D projects

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie. Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów
• Journal: Journal of Management and Financial Sciences
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 50
• Pages: 11-26

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Agata Klaus-Rosińska

• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000000348620500

author

Joanna Iwko

• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000000339939528

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33119/JMFS.2023.50.1

Biblioteka Nauki

33723263