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Science 15 June 1984:
Vol. 224. no. 4654, pp. 1206 - 1209
DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4654.1206
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National R & D Policy: An Industrial Perspective

Roland W. Schmitt 1

1 Senior vice president, Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York 12301.

An analysis of how the government can and cannot use research and development policy to improve the nation's industrial posture suggests four guidelines for federal R & D policy: (i) concentrate direct support on academically based research, not on government-targeted industrial R & D; (ii) concentrate on sunrise science and technology, not on sunrise industries and products; (iii) concentrate on strengthening the climate for privately based innovation, not on government-selected innovation; (iv) concentrate on development for the government's own needs, not on development for market needs.

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