Briefing | The rise and fall of corporate R&D
Out of the dusty labs
Technology firms have left the big corporate R&D laboratory behind, shifting the emphasis from research to development. Does it matter?
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This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Out of the dusty labs”
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