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R & D management practices:* chemical industry in Europe
Author(s) -
Olin J.
Publication year - 1973
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/j.1467-9310.1973.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - chemical industry , business , distribution (mathematics) , chemical company , qualitative analysis , qualitative research , management , engineering , sociology , economics , mathematics , social science , environmental engineering , mathematical analysis
The paper summarizes the results of interviews with R & D managers in forty‐three chemical companies in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the U.K. covering questions concerned with: R & D planning, size and distribution of R & D efforts, organization of R & D and project management. The results are presented in quantitative and qualitative terms, and the differences between various categories of chemical industry and between various national practices are discussed.