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The R & D/Production Interface—United Kingdom and West German practices and achievements in the scientific instrument industry
Author(s) -
Bergen S. A.
Publication year - 1982
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.1467-9310.1982.tb00479.x
Subject(s) - german , clarity , productivity , production (economics) , flexibility (engineering) , interface (matter) , function (biology) , industrial organization , business , marketing , engineering , management , economics , geography , economic growth , pulmonary surfactant , gibbs isotherm , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , chemical engineering , evolutionary biology , biology , macroeconomics
A number of hypotheses are stated relating company technical sector success in the generation of new products to factors at the R & D/ Production Interface. Statistical differences and correlations between these factors are used to evaluate the hypotheses. The results suggest a strong link between productivity and expenditure per head in the R & D function, the unique fitness of the German Ing. Grad. engineer for the role of Project Manager and the importance to U. K. industry of project integration, flexibility of operation, absence of status consciousness and clarity of problem definition.