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Who's Responsible for U.S. R&D Investment?
The Cold War era represented the golden age for U.S. research and development (R&D) spending. First there was the massive effort to create atomic weaponry in World War II and the subsequent arms race. Then, spurred by the surprise and fear created when the Russians launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, the U.S. embarked on a massive public/private partnership that eventually landed American human beings on the moon first.
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Investment in the Future: How should the board prioritize R&D spending?
Research and development (R&D) spending has been at the heart of many of the United States’ technological advancements, but over the last 20 years China has made a greater investment in technology.
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Board Oversight of R&D
Whether you call it research and development (R&D), intellectual property (IP) or development and operations (DevOps), creating new products and processes represent both big risks and potentially big rewards. The board needs to know what’s happening and when.
Gail Lione, a board member at Badger Meter Inc. and senior counsel at Dentons, teaches a course on intellectual property at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Directors to Watch 2021: Gender Diversity in the Boardroom
Assimilating new lessons from the past 18 months, coupled with actions associated with the evolving racial justice movement, will keep boards busy for the foreseeable future.
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