R&D Management

The Global R&D Funding Forecast, is an annual R&D Magazine report that contains exclusive research findings and analyses of the upcoming year and beyond.

Increasing level of R&D activities, as well as their costs, indicate the need to establish an efficient system of strategic management in R&D organizations. This is important, not only for improving R&D sector performance, but also for improving the performance of the national economy as a whole. R&D projects are undoubtedly of great importance for…

The Management Perspective: Leveraging and Augmenting the PI’s Research The bench researcher or principal investigator (PI) who conducts the type of research described in this article is providing valuable information. Use these findings to help determine the potential for the proposed R&D to answer three important questions: Technology: Will investing in this R&D provide something…

These are exciting times for product developers in many industries, not just for all the new technologies and capabilities being incorporating into new products and product lines these days, but also for the management science around the practices and processes used from creation through launch. There is a long time lag from the initial concept,…

What is the right set of metrics for tracking innovation impact inside a large company? Can you really run an R&D center or innovation lab without collecting any metrics? My company, Innovation Leader, a community for executives responsible for innovation in large organizations, tackled those two questions as part of a survey we fielded earlier…

How does your company determine how much to spend each year on R&D? Likely, a group of senior executives get together and offer their thoughts on what the figure should be for the next year. After a back and forth discussion focusing on the right amount for R&D, other corporate financial considerations are then put…

U.S. spending trends Noting again that the NSF data is in arrears, let’s use R&D Magazine’s GFF data to examine recent trends.  Globally, China, Korea, and the Scandinavian countries are making consistent waves. The data shows it.  But, for this article, let’s just pull out the pieces from past and current GFFs for the U.S. …

R&D Magazine’s 59th annual Global R&D Funding Forecast estimates that global R&D investments will increase by 4.1% in 2018 to $2.190 trillion in purchasing power parity (PPP) values for the more than 115 countries having significant R&D investments. These include those countries with more than $100 million in R&D investments. This forecast rate is a…

French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting the world’s innovators, engineers and business-builders to come to France as he tries to transform this country from a land resting on the laurels of its past into a “startup nation.” In a first step, the French government on Thursday launched a “French Tech Visa,” a fast-track four-year residence…

Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. This annual international competition receives entries from the best new and renovated laboratories. Eligible projects represent a wide variety of laboratory types, including research, quality assurance/control, teaching, software development, environmental, clinical, forensic, and…

Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. Judging for this year’s competition took place on March 28, and was conducted by a blue-ribbon panel of laboratory architects, engineers, equipment manufacturers, researchers and the editors of R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design.…