Limited by design
Subtitle: R&D laboratories in the U.S. national innovation system
By: Michael Crow and Barry Bozeman.
Contributors: Bozeman, Barry.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Research, Industrial -- United States -- Laboratories; Technology and state -- United States
Description: Limited by Design is the first comprehensive study of the varying roles played by the more than 16,000 research and development laboratories in the U.S. national innovation system. Michael Crow and Barry Bozeman offer policy makers and scientists a blueprint for making more informed decisions about how to best utilize and develop the capabilities of these facilities. Some labs, such as Bell Labs, Westinghouse, and Eastman Kodak, have been global players since the turn of the century.

Others, such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, have been mainstays of the military/energy industrial complex since they evolved in the 1940s. These and other institutions have come to serve as the infrastructure upon which a range of industries has relied and have had a tremendous impact on U.S. social and economic history.

Limited by Design addresses a range of questions in order to enable policy makers, university administrators, and scientists to plan effectively for the future of research and development.
Notes: Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-297) and index.