Definitions of R & D : report with evidence.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Science and Technology Committee.
Date:
1990
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    There is a need to refine the definition ‘Experimental Development’ so that the cut-off points between research, design and development and production are clearly established. The problem in practice is that in bringing a product or process to a successful competitive conclusion, there is a constant interplay between basic and applied research and ‘experimental development’. Many Fellows reject the word ‘experimental’ as inappropriate in industrial use. Some recognition might usefully be given to innovation in relation to experimental development. Finally, one Fellow suggests that the Frascati definitions are bound to be unsatisfactory because they attempt to attach labels to the general nature of research, rather than to the nature of the output of the activity. This leads, however, to a new area for research beyond the timescale of the Committee’s current concerns.