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Podcast: The Productivity of Defense Independent R&D

May 11, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

George Mason University and Wharton Aerospace Community held an excellent event on the productivity of independent research and development (IR&D). Discussing the topic was an insightful […]

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Event: Measuring R&D productivity

April 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

R&D is an easy target for cuts when firms face pressure from quarterly earnings. One problem is that firms don’t have a metric to benchmark […]

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