Pawson & Tilley (1997), Realistic Evaluation, SAGE. A foundational text on theory-driven evaluation.

Proceedings of an US – European Workshop, Bad Herrenalb, Germany
Edited by: Philip Shapira & Stefan Kuhlmann – September 2000

Conceptual and Operational Considerations Based on the Austrian
Spin-Off Program—AplusB
Klaus Zinöcker—Nov. 2003

Luke Georghiou, John Rigby, Hugh Cameron (PREST) – June 2002

Thomas Widmer, Wolfgang Beywl, Carlo Fabian, January 2009

Hicks et al. (2015), ‘The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics’, Nature 520. A classic text on the responsible use of indicators – concise and widely cited.

Guidelines for the Collection and Reporting of Data on Research and Experimental Development

Gertler, Martinez, Premand, Rawlings, Vermeersch (2016), Impact Evaluation in Practice, 2nd ed., World Bank/IDB. Frei verfügbar unter CC BY 3.0 IGO, mit Begleitmaterial inklusive Datensatz und Stata-Code zur Fallstudie. https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0779-4
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GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTING, REPORTING, AND USING DATA ON INNOVATION

Rossi, Lipsey, Henry (2019), *Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, 8th ed., SAGE. The standard Anglo-American textbook, a good counterpart to Widmer/Beywl/Fabian.

Molas-Gallart et al. (2021).

CoARA (2022)

ALLEA (2023).

There is a German translation (May 2024).

OECD (2024)

Jakob Kofler, Jürgen Streicher, Verena Régent, and Isabella Wagner – 2026