Physics Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Final report of the History of Physics in Entrepreneurship project., The History of Physicists project is the first systematic study of the organizational structure, communications patterns, and archival records of industrial physicists in the U.S., and it provides general guidelines for understanding and documenting their work. The study confirms that the organization and management of industrial R&D is volatile, changing in response to economic cycles, new managers and management philosophies, and a variety of other factors. It also confirms that historically valuable records that document R&D are at risk and, in fact, are often scattered and lost., In English.
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Abstract/Description: Final report of the History of Physics in Entrepreneurship project.
Subject(s): Physics -- Industrial applications
Research, Industrial
Date Issued: 2003