Allocating R&D resources: A quantitative aid to management insight

被引:10
作者
Hansen, KF
Weiss, MA
Kwak, S
机构
[1] MIT, Inst Technol, Dept Nucl Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Multidisciplinary Energy Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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10.1080/08956308.1999.11671294
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The allocation of resources within an R&D organization does not often explicitly consider the allocation among basic research, applied research, and development. However, a misallocation among these phases of research can have adverse consequences, sometimes unexpected, over time. A method of modeling a firm's R&D operation has been developed that uses system dynamics methodology and data from the firm's own experience. The model can give insight into the effects of changing allocations To phases, whether those changes are internally or externally driven. For example, increasing the share of R&D resources going to the final phase in order to accelerate the production of new commercial technologies may succeed in the short run but will eventually decrease that production in the long run.
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页码:44 / 50
页数:7
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