This article presents a set of performance indicators based on the Portuguese case for managing the performance of research and cultural creation activities and their impact on the regional context in polytechnic higher education institutions. Five theoretical dimensions have been proposed and empirically validated to frame the diversity of these activities and, for each one of them, a set of performance indicators (which total 29) was defined. The Delphi technique was applied to reach consensus among specialists (polytechnic higher education institutions’ presidents) on the performance indicators; two rounds of the technique application have led to a final set of indicators (comprising 23 indicators). The final set of performance indicators emerged as valid to actually be used by polytechnic higher education institutions, not only as a self-instrument to assess and improve their performance, but also as a management tool allowing the institutions to establish goals, define their own profile and the strategies to achieve it.

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理工类高等教育机构研究和文化创作活动的绩效指标：建立共识的方法

本文介绍了一套基于葡萄牙案例的绩效指标，用于管理研究和文化创作活动的绩效及其对理工学院高等教育机构区域环境的影响。已经提出了五个理论维度并进行了实证验证，以构建这些活动的多样性，并为每个维度定义了一组绩效指标（总共 29 个）。德尔菲技术被应用于专家（理工学院校长）之间就绩效指标达成共识；两轮技术应用产生了最终的一套指标（包括23个指标）。最终的一组绩效指标被认为是有效的，可供理工学院高等教育机构实际使用，