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Public/Private Technology Partnerships: Evaluating SBIR-Supported Research * David B. Audretsch Institute for Development Strategies Indiana University SPEA, Suite 201 Bloomington, IN 47405 daudrets@ Albert N. Link Department of Economics University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27412 al_link@ John T. Scott Department of Economics Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 john.t.scott@ January 2001 * An earlier version of this paper was presented at the January 2000 American Economic Association meetings in the session ìGovernment as Venture Capitalist: Evaluating the SBIR Program.î We appreciate the comments and suggestions from participants at that session as well as those from two anonymous referees. The paper is forthcoming in Research Policy . Abstract This paper evaluates public support of private-sector research and development (RD) through the Department of Defenseís (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Based on alternative evaluation methods applicable to survey data and case studies, we conclude that there is ample evidence that the DoDís SBIR