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2005
Edition
ISBN 1-59392-703-7
PDF $99.99
34 Pages
April 2005
This report will be your ready-reference guide
to the Engineering and Research industry sectors. Topics
include: Introduction to the Engineering & Research
Industry, A Short History of U.S. Industrial Research &
Development, Venture Capital Picks Up Again, Funding Research
and Innovation, R&D in China Becomes a Major Factor,
Offshoring of Research, Development & Engineering Is
Growing in Many Nations other than China, Original Design
Manufacturing (ODM) Booms, Blue Sky Research and Inventing
in Small Labs, the State of the Biotechnology Industry Today,
Investors Lay Bets on Biotech Despite Risky Business, Emphasis
on R&D in Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Funding Soars,
Nanotechnology and Information Technologies Converge with
Biotech, Globalization and Worldwide Collaboration Fuel
the Research Efforts of Major Corporations, Continued Growth
in Research Partnerships Between Corporations and Universities,
Growth in Defense Research Post 9/11, Number of Patent Applications
Soars, Growth in the Automation of Research and Design,
Governments Encourage Alternative Fuels and Conservation
R&D.
