by V S Rama Rao February 14, 2012 General / Interesting
Research consortia consists of a number of organizations working together on a relatively well specified project. The rationale for joining a research consortium includes sharing the cost and risk of research, pooling scarce expertise and equipment, performing pre-competitive research and setting of standards. They may take many different forms, the most centralized being pooled investment [...]
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by V S Rama Rao February 1, 2012 General / Interesting
A number of characteristics of an innovation have been found to affect large areas: *Relative advantage *Compatibility *Complexity Relative advantage is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as better than the product it supersedes, or competing products. Relative advantage is typically measured in narrow economic terms – for example, cost or financial payback [...]
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