1.1. HOW INFORMATION CAN BE USED

Some readers may want to take a cursory look at the information presented in this chapter and keep in mind how some of it may help them. In addition to having important implications for R&D management, this information has other possible uses as well. Some examples follow.

As a principal investigator (PI), if you are interested in being involved primarily in basic research, in what kind of an organization should you be seeking employment? If you're working in industry you should not be too surprised if you are required to focus your efforts on "products and profits." As shown in Figure 1.1, on the average, 60 percent R&D is focused on product development, 22 percent on applied research, and only about 18 percent ...

Get Managing Research, Development, and Innovation: Managing the Unmanageable, Third Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.