Industrial Research for Future Competitiveness /

Industrial research has come under pressure. Will recent budget cuts reduce competitiveness? Based on interviews in Japanese and European high-tech firms it is shown that research supports important potentials. These can be used for project funding, location decisions, and an analysis of sufficient...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brockhoff, Klaus
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: The crucial question: to invest or not to invest in research?- Characteristics of research
  • Reasons for research
  • Research as a source of potentials
  • Research potentials and project funding decisions
  • On property rights and project potentials
  • Research potentials and relative share of research
  • On sufficient conditions for research success
  • Primary research potentials as a necessary condition for research success
  • On locating research
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix.