Title :
Benchmarking R&D best practices in long and short life cycle industries
Author :
Omta, O.W.F. ; Fortuin, F.T.J.M.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Manage. & Organ., Groningen Univ.
Abstract :
Summary form only given as follows. This paper presents the results of a cross-industry survey among major R&D intensive companies. The life cycle based differences in R&D and best practices in long and short life cycle industries were examined
Keywords :
commerce; product development; research and development management; R&D best practices benchmarking; R&D intensive companies; cross-industry survey; long-life cycle industries; new product development; short-life cycle industries; Best practices; Costing; Costs; Instruments; Investments; Logistics; Profitability; Prototypes; Research and development;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808475
