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Author: | Whittington, R. |
Title: | Changing control strategies in industrial R&D |
Journal: | R. and D. Management
1991 : JAN, VOL. 21:1, p. 43-53 |
Index terms: | R&D CONTROL STRATEGY CONTROL SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | A comparative study of six in-house and eight independent industrial organizations is reported. These organizations are analyzed in terms of three types of control strategy - market control, hierarchical control and professional control. It is suggested that the professional control strategy, emergent after World War Two, is now being increasingly challenged by market control strategies. R&D organizations under or adopting market control are shown to enjoy marked productivity advantages. The distinctive managerial practices of market controlled R&D are analyzed. It is concluded that many in-house laboratories have much to gain by partial adoption of these market control practices. |
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