The ABC of R&D
Published in: Challenge, The Magazine of Economic Affairs, June 1965, p. 1-5
Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 1965
From the point of view of the interested layman, the fundamental questions to be asked about Research and Development are: (1) Exactly what is in the mix of R&D?; and (2) Does bigness in facilities necessarily result in big new inventions or technological developments?
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