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Basic research in Italian industry
Author(s) -
De Marchi Mario,
Rocchi Maurizio
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9310.00159
Subject(s) - test (biology) , point (geometry) , manufacturing sector , basic research , subject (documents) , industrial organization , business , marketing , economics , computer science , mathematics , macroeconomics , paleontology , geometry , biology , library science
This paper analyses the importance of basic research in the Italian manufacturing sector. Analysis is based mainly on the results of a specific survey on the subject, and the resulting data are processed to test general hypotheses on the innovative strategies of firms and to describe the present situation in Italian industry. From the theoretical point of view, test results appear consistent with the hypotheses put forward on the spontaneous behaviour of firms. From the descriptive point of view, the prospects for Italian industry are far from being reassuring as far as basic research is concerned.