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Roam — The Research Opportunity Assessment Model For Targeted Innovation

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  • JAMES M. DONATELLO

    (E. I. Dupont Company (Retired), Mentor Associates Inc., 817 West 19th Street, Wilmington, DE 19802, USA)

  • JOHN E. SAWYER

    (University of Delaware, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, Department of Business Administration, 236 Alfred Lerner Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA)

Abstract

Knowledge-driven companies are facing financial and competitive pressures that make them increasingly difficult to allocate the kinds of financial resources to research as they have in the past. For this reason, corporate scientists, research managers and business managers must understand both the financial and knowledge returns associated with the research they conduct so that they can best direct and allocate resources to research that provides both financial returns and establishes the knowledge basis for future discovery and innovation. We present a model for assessing research opportunities both from the standpoint of responding to market needs and pushing forward new knowledge development. We illustrate the use of this analytic model in both market pull and research push examples. We argue that both business and research managers in corporations can use this analytical discipline to better join the needs of business and the research divisions that support them.

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  • James M. Donatello & John E. Sawyer, 2004. "Roam — The Research Opportunity Assessment Model For Targeted Innovation," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(01), pages 93-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:01:y:2004:i:01:n:s0219877004000064
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877004000064
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