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 conditions for research success. Careful management of the potentials should improve future competitiveness, and it should help to understand why industrial firms benefit from research and how. Front Matter....Pages I-XV The crucial question: to invest or not to invest in research?....Pages 1-12 Characteristics of research....Pages 13-30 Reasons for research....Pages 31-40 Research as a source of potentials....Pages 41-50 Research potentials and project funding decisions....Pages 51-60 On property rights and project potentials....Pages 61-62 Research potentials and relative share of research....Pages 63-78 On sufficient conditions for research success....Pages 79-84 Primary research potentials as a necessary condition for research success....Pages 85-112 On locating research....Pages 113-122 Conclusions....Pages 123-129 Back Matter....Pages 131-149 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.