Abstract :
In an address as Chairman of Committee X at the British Association Meeting in Lancaster on 3rd September 1976, Sir leuan Maddock examined the frequently heard comment `the UK is first-class at inventing things but bad at exploiting these inventions¿. He discussed the factors that influence success in `putting technology to work¿, and concluded by putting forward eight measures for deriving greater benefit from the national investment in R & D.
