Introduction

Abstract

In around 1625, Sir Francis Bacon magnificently described a research organization in the ideal world of Nova Atlantis. These days, research organizations can be found in the everyday world. This book will bring you into this world. It describes the unclear situation of everyday research management. It will show you the publish-or-perish world in universities, the struggle for market orientation in institutes, and the competitive fight for market share in industry. This book aims at answering such questions as: ‘Are there universal factors of management and organization determining success in research and experimental development (R&D), or are these factors merely dependent on the organizational setting you are dealing with? Which types of management and organization will give the best results, and which incentives and instruments should be used to achieve this?’