... be modified and the easiness to abandon the collaboration. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Technology Innovation Decision making R&D Outsourcing The characteristics of technological innovation are increasingly forcing firms to access external sources of knowledge and information...

..., while many organizations move a specific product from R&D to production, rarely have we seen the entire organization make this type of movement. In addition, there was no previous experience in routinely flying into space and there was little existing work in the literature that deals...

...Michael L. Kiella; Damodar Y. Golhar Qualitatively identifies unique features of the research and development (R&D) work environment in productive organizations. Synthesizes strategies for the R&D manager and suggests the application of total quality management (TQM) principles...

...C.M. Khoong; Y.W. Ku The Total Service Concept (TSC) framework, which forms part of a long‐term R&D strategy in the Information Technology Institute in Singapore, is aimed towards sustained product development for service operations management applications. The TSC project is centred around...

... Manufacturing strategy Methodology R&D IJOPM 13,8 A Process Approach to Researching Manufacturing Strategy 4 K.W. P l a t t s Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK Introduction Research in the area of manufacturing strategy has been, until recently, less common than that in many other areas...

... and Japan. Data were collected from 54 companies in the scientific instrument industry concerning 65 new product design projects. These data show that there are significant differences in investment in R&D, in firm productivity, in R&D rewards and motivation, in project manager openness to new ideas...

...John McIntosh The core of any manufacturing company is formed by production, marketing and research and development (R&D). In the future production and R&D need to integrate their efforts to solve problems more quickly and to generate more effective plant designs. For production/R&D...