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Examples of 'Effective Practice' in Research Support and Performance
Pages 19-26

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... Companies are already developing effective techniques for building and managing a global R&D effort. DANIEL VAPNEK' AMGEN' INC.' UNITED STATES General Elements Several elements of"best practice" or "effective practice" in research support and performance appear to hold true in all situations and countries.
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From page 20...
... In universities, the key task is to push back the frontiers offundamental knowledge and train the next generation of scientific and engineering talent. Publication is a critical factor in communicating and evaluating university research, particularly University Scientists , /,1 l 1 ~ -- -- 1 ~ \ \ Scientists do .~ 1I RESEARCH I \ ~ ~ ~ I RESEARCH I 1 1 1 | Products1 -~ Company Grants Publications | Patents Patents Publications Development FIGURE 3-1 The critical interface of universities and industry.
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From page 21...
... In order to ensure a timely start, Japan agreed to provide the bulk of the support for the program in the initial years, with the remaining support provided by the other management supporting partners (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union)
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From page 22...
... This leads to most of the funding for HFSP going to the United States. The United States receives about five times more in grants and fellowships than it contributes to the program.
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From page 23...
... HFSP supporters make the argument that promotion of international cooperation is cost effective and delivers significant leverage, but not all accept it. Also, officials in some member governments will argue that savants disproportional share of support for HFSP represents a small and long overdue counterbalance to the benefits the country has received over the years from basic research funded elsewhere.
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From page 24...
... A final focus is on research relevant to state functioning. TERRENCE HENG' MOTOROLA' INC.' UNITED STATES The Role of R&D in Motorola Motorola considers R&D to be its lifeblood.
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From page 25...
... By competing head-to-head in Japan, Motorola has been able to prevent Japanese companies from using a protected home base to finance market entry in the United States and elsewhere. Today, Japanese firms are not major global players in the cellular phone business or the paging business.
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From page 26...
... Iridium and cellular telephones both started as minority reports. Another technique utilized in starting a new business platform is to task a group with finding reasons that the new effort will not work, or factors that would essentially kill the project.
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