Research and Development Strategies

The development of cost-effective hydrogen and fuel cells technologies and infrastructure requires time, public and private sector investment, and technology breakthroughs to achieve commercial maturity and market penetration. Many IEA Member countries have already embarked on this effort in close co-operation with industry. Many others are in the process of revising and reinforcing their research and development strategies. 

The U. S. National Science and Technology Council has laid out a research and development strategy for toxic substances and waste.228 Hirschhorn has suggested ways to achieve prosperity without pollution.229... 

Outline a research and development strategy leading to the demonstration of an integrated process at an industrial site. 

Robotics Is currently one of the priority topics [1-3] In research and development strategies In advanced scientific communities, so much so that there are already some organizations, such as the Robot Institute of America and the British Robot Association, specifically devoted to this subject. Nevertheless, the prospects for the use of robots In different fields of application greatly surpass their present achievements. 

On the basis of these implications, plausible research and development strategies to respond to each scenario s implications were developed. These strategies are complied in Chap. 5. 

Figure 12.1. Schematic drawing of the research and development strategy realized in Clariant on...

Research and development strategy for medical textile products... 

After a brief introduction to the human body, the book gives an overview of medical textile products and the processes used to manufacture them. Subsequent chapters cover superabsorbent textiles, functional wound dressings, bandages, sutures, implants, and other important medical textile technologies in detail. Biocompatibility testing and regulatory control are then addressed, and the book finishes with a review of research and development strategy for medical textile products. 

Casson, Mark, Satwinder Singh, 1993, Corporate Research and Development Strategies The Influence of Firm, Industry and Country Factors on the Decentralisation of R D, R D Management 23 (2), 91-107. 

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