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A small‐sample survey of the research financing process, with some implications for theory development
Author(s) -
McCosh A. M.,
Kesztenbaum M.
Publication year - 1978
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.1467-9310.1978.tb01279.x
Subject(s) - sample (material) , process (computing) , work (physics) , business , research development , industrial organization , engineering , computer science , test (biology) , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , operating system , paleontology , biology
A group of four British multi‐nationals in high technology industries was interviewed during 1976 to find out how the research activity was budgeted, financed and funded., In each case the same forces were found to be at work. The competitiveness of the firm's market was directly associated with the adventurousness of its research programmes, for example. A general model of the process was developed and additional tests of that model are suggested.