the pursuit of new knowledge and ideas and the application of that knowledge to exploit new opportunities to the commercial advantage of a business. The research and development functions are often grouped together to form a division or department within an organization.
Research and Development (R&D) is a central component of official definitions of science. R&D includes more than just research, however. Over two-thirds of R&D expenditures are actually devoted to development. When, how and by whose decision did development come to be part of our definition of research? What was the...
COSTA MESA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 28, 1995--Emulex Corp. (NASDAQ:EMLX) announced the further expansion of its research and development efforts with the appointment of Ronald P. Quagliara as vice president, research and development.
This report describes the research and development programs of the Department of Homeland Security and discusses the issues that surround them. These issues include matters specific to individual programs, such as their objectives, budgets, and management and the status of their integration into the new department, as well as general...
This reference book is a complete guide to the trends and leading companies in Engineering Research business fields: those firms that are dominant in engineering based design and development, as well as those that are dominant in technology based research and development. We have included companies that are making significant...
Yorktown Heights, N.Y.--Don't take your eyes off the semiconductor development done here at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center--and its satellites worldwide--for a minute.
Global health research is essential for development. A major issue is the inequitable distribution of research efforts and funds directed towards populations suffering the world's greatest health problems. This imbalance is fostering major attempts at redirecting research to the health problems of low and middle income countries. NGOs are contributing...
CLEVELAND -- Corning Incorporated recently commissioned Burt Hill to design the renovation and expansion of its Sullivan Park Research and Development campus near Corning, NY. The goal of the project is to expand Corning's research and development capabilities and to provide modern, flexible laboratory space conducive to the development of...
Market research is usually carried out to prepare an extensive database about the customers. The database helps in identifying the needs and requirements of customers. The market development data is the building block of a marketing strategy. A market development data involves doing an assessment, setting the marketing objectives, selecting...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Active Reasoning, the leader in IT policy enforcement and controls validation, announced today the appointment of Allen Xu as Vice President and General Manager of the company's Shanghai Development Center, a wholly-owned research and development facility. Xu will manage the Development Center's day-to-day operations as well...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Aura Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AUSI) announced today a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ("CRADA") between the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center TARDEC and the Company.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that David R. Parkinson, M.D. has been named Senior Vice President, Oncology Research and Development. Based in San Diego, CA, he oversees all oncology discovery research efforts and the development of the oncology pipeline.
Andrew Kozminski has been appointed vice president of Research and Development at Pronexus Inc. Kozminski has been leading the research and development efforts at Pronexus for the ... Andrew Kozminski has been appointed vice president of Research and Development at Pronexus Inc. Kozminski has...
Waters entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the EPA's National Exposure Research ... Waters entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory to develop trace level analytical methods for detecting perfluorinated compounds in soil and...
The author of this article says that incentives can exceed 20 percent of current qualified research expenditures, a valuable annual boost to cash flow and earnings per share. But other significant Research And Development credits and incentives might be available to your company—potentially millions of dollars in tax savings, often...
MILPITAS, Calif. -- Force10 Networks today announced that it will expand its global research and development program with the opening of a new facility in Chennai, India. The facility will launch hardware and software development efforts to further advance the Force10 TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers as well as the...
The Materials Development Research Laboratories focus on the development of new materials for creating innovative products. One researcher at the facility had an inspiration that led to the creation of Kao's successful pigment auxiliary for inkjet printer inks ("Inkjet pigment auxiliary"). The R&D Division conducts wide-ranging research in areas that...