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Successful Industrial Innovations. A Study of Factors Underlying Innovation in Selected Firms.

PB211097

Publication Date	1969
Personal Author	Myers, S.; Marquis, D. G.
Page Count	124
Abstract	The report summarizes the results of a study conducted from 1963 to 1967 to provide empirical knowledge about the factors which stimulate or advance application in the economy of scientific and technological findings. The results are presented in a manner intended to highlight the differences, or similarities, of the innovative process in five industries. (Author)
Keywords	Industries Production engineering Innovation Creativity Concepts Problem solving Inventions Tooling Manufacturing Marketing Cost engineering Methodology Surveys Effectiveness Reviews Railroads Residential buildings Computers Innovations Technological change
Source Agency	National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice
Corporate Authors	Institute of Public Administration, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., Sloan School of Management, Contract NSF-C556.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197218
Contract Number	NSF-C321

Successful Industrial Innovations. A Study of Factors Underlying Innovation in Selected Firms.

Successful Industrial Innovations. A Study of Factors Underlying Innovation in Selected Firms.
PB211097

Publication Date	1969
Personal Author	Myers, S.; Marquis, D. G.
Page Count	124
Abstract	The report summarizes the results of a study conducted from 1963 to 1967 to provide empirical knowledge about the factors which stimulate or advance application in the economy of scientific and technological findings. The results are presented in a manner intended to highlight the differences, or similarities, of the innovative process in five industries. (Author)
Keywords	Industries Production engineering Innovation Creativity Concepts Problem solving Inventions Tooling Manufacturing Marketing Cost engineering Methodology Surveys Effectiveness Reviews Railroads Residential buildings Computers Innovations Technological change
Source Agency	National Science Foundation
NTIS Subject Category	70B - Management Practice
Corporate Authors	Institute of Public Administration, Washington, D.C.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., Sloan School of Management, Contract NSF-C556.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197218
Contract Number	NSF-C321