Research, competitive advantage

Research initiatives, competitive advantage from, 24 393 Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM), 73 388 Research management... 

The gaps in China s petrochemicals industry and research will present major outlets for U.S. plants and technologies in the latter half of the 1980 s. China s strong commitment to applied chemistry and her perception of the U.S.A. as preeminent in both basic and applied research will translate into important competitive advantages for the U.S. when China is in the market for the necessary technology and hardware. 

High temperature fuel cell stacks and materials Currently, UK companies are active at the short stack and subsystem level. For the longer term the industry expects to build on this materials research strength to provide competitive advantage through enhanced performance and lower costs. 

Catalyst performance must continually improve to keep a product technically superior. Successful catalyst research programs coupled with production cost minimization may allow a plant to be run at capacity while its competitor shuts down or operates at a lower capacity and reduced profit margin. In many instances, finding the competitive advantage is essential to business survival. Finding or making the most cost-effective catalyst is a strong incentive for catalysis research. 

The ability to analyse the compounds or materials coming out of a chemical laboratory or plant is an absolute essential. It is one of those disciplines that, when properly ran and designed to specifically meet the needs of a particular research, development or manufacturing area, can offer a very competitive advantage to the company. Therefore, the wholesale outsourcing of such a facility needs to be thought through very carefully. 

Keeps results and competitive advantage Recognition of research and institution... 

If literature and patent surveys are to serve as guides for research programs, it is frequently essential and always highly desirable that they be prepared in the shortest possible time, so that the speedy development of an idea will result in a competitive advantage. A patent may be obtained or a market may be captured if a process can be brought to completion before a competitor s, yet a hastily contrived survey may be useless. Some reference overlooked may contain the key to success or failure. 

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