R&D
Also known as research and development
Research and development is a company's spending on creating new products, processes and knowledge, from early research to engineering a product for manufacture.
Why It Matters
It is an investment recorded as a cost, which makes it the easiest budget to cut for a short-term result and the hardest to rebuild.
Related Terms
- InnovationInnovation is the introduction of something new that is actually adopted: a product, process or model that changes how work is done or what customers buy.
- Research CommercializationResearch commercialisation is the process of turning laboratory results into products and companies, through licensing, spin-outs and partnerships.
- PatentA patent is a time-limited legal right to exclude others from using an invention, granted in exchange for publishing how it works.
- Deep TechDeep tech describes companies built on substantial scientific or engineering advances, where the risk is whether the technology works at all, not only whether customers want it.
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