ESSENTIALS OF RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE

As managers try to ensure that their R&D investments are as productive as possible, it is essential to make the right choice of products, pr ograms and technologies. An extensive benchmarking study provides data on the relevance, importance, frequency of use, and quality of execut ion of 45 best practices for making excellent R&D decisions. Quantitat ive analysis of the R&D decision-making behavior of 79 leading R&D org anizations identifies ten best practices that are essential for R&D st rategic excellence.