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Join the club: contract research for industry
Author(s) -
King Alf
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1992.tb01465.x
Subject(s) - club , join (topology) , product (mathematics) , business , process (computing) , technology transfer , new product development , industrial organization , computer science , process management , marketing , international trade , mathematics , medicine , geometry , combinatorics , anatomy , operating system
In many instances the cost of research and development is too high for individual companies. Consequently, the R & D ‘club’ has become widespread practice at the innovative stage of product or process development. Alf King explains the mechanisms of contract research and highlights the importance of technology transfer.