1.9. QUESTIONS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION

  1. How much R&D is too much for a corporation? When is it not enough?

  2. How much R&D is too much for a country? When is it not enough?

  3. Define and compare basic and applied research, and development.

  4. How much basic research is desirable in what kind of an R&D lab?

  5. Using an actual case of a government, industrial, or academic research laboratory, develop a systematic procedure and a short-term and long-term research plan.

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