Albert N. Link is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Richmond and a PhD in economics from Tulane University. Link’s research focuses on technology and innovation policy, the economics of R&D, and policy evaluation. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Technology Transfer, co-editor of Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, and founding editor of Annals of Science and Technology Policy. He has authored or edited more than 70 books and published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Alan C. O’Connor is Senior Vice President for Environment and Senior Economist in the Center for Applied Economics and Strategy at RTI International. He holds a BA in economics and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. O’Connor specializes in program evaluation, benefit–cost analysis, and research impact assessment, with a focus on small business and translational science programs. He is co-author of Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles and Public Investments in Energy Technology, and his research has appeared in journals including Science and Public Policy, Small Business Economics, and The Journal of Technology Transfer.