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WHO?
WHAT ?

Research &
Development

HOW?
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WHY?

WHAT IS RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT?
Inventions and innovations are the results of specific,
goal-oriented research.
Because the development of technologies these days is driven by the profit
motive and the market, many companies have a Research and Development
(R&D) department, whose responsibility is to work with innovations.
Companies located in the United States that have research and development
activitiesboth U.S.-owned businesses and U.S. affiliates of foreign parents
reported worldwide sales of $11 trillion in calendar year 2008 and worldwide
R&D expenses of $330 billion
2008 Sales vs. R&D Costs
11,000,000,000,000

330,000,000,000

Companies located in the United States that have

research and development activitiesboth U.S.owned businesses and U.S. affiliates of foreign
parentsreported worldwide sales of $11 trillion in
calendar year 2008 and worldwide R&D expenses of
$330 billion.

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WHO DOES RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT?
Each entity has its own process
Private Companies
Public Companies
Government
Universities
R& D Teams
Engineers
Product Designers
Researchers
Scientists
Creative and technical knowledge
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WHY DO COMPANIES DO RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT?
Companies use R&D to increase profit margins.

Improve on a
current or
previous
product

Completely
new product

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HOW DO COMPANIES DO RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT?
Each entity has its own process
Technology/Product need is identified
market research
research on manufacturing
brainstorm
Prototype testing and development
Optimization
Product documentation developed
Manufacturing and Marketing considerations
Full-scale production
Release product
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