The cost of the project. The availability of project financing. Banks are notoriously ungenerous with research projects because of the high-risk element inherent therein. Banks are just slightly more generous in financing development projects. The ownership of intellectual property.
Indemnities are very rare in a research project.
They are more common in a development project. As will be discussed later in this Guide, Research Organisations never warrant the results of a research project. Development projects, on the other hand, often carry a warranty because they are considered less risky. The deliverables are more predictable. From time to time in this Guide, I may distinguish a research project from a development project.