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What is Research And Development (R&D)

Handbook of Research on Recent Perspectives on Management, International Trade, and Logistics
R&D is the systematic work that is carried out systematically to increase knowledge and the use of this information to create new applications.
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Evaluation of Innovation Performance With AHP and TOPSIS Integrated Approach: An Application in Hazelnut Sector
Derya Öztürk (Ordu University, Turkey) and Yasemin Hancıoğlu (Ordu University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5886-7.ch016
Abstract
The aim of the study is to determine the most appropriate enterprises by revealing the innovation performances of the companies operating in the hazelnut sector in Ünye. In this study, weights of the criteria and sub-criteria, which are thought to have an effect on the innovation performance of the enterprises, were determined by analytical hierarchy process (AHP). TOPSIS method has been used to rank the alternatives. In this way, TOPSIS aims to establish a degree of importance for each alternative enterprise and to determine the highest degree of importance as the most appropriate enterprise in terms of innovation performance. As a result of the study, it was determined that the main criterion that most affects innovation performance in hazelnut sector is the financing function, which is followed by production function, R&D function, management function, and marketing function, respectively. According to the results obtained using the TOPSIS method, the best alternative was Enterprise 4 in terms of innovation performance and the worst alternative was Enterprise 1.
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Activities directed towards products and processes improvements through innovation.
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Refers to innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, or improving existing services or products.
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Innovation Management Capabilities for R&D in Pakistan
It refers to the activities for betterment of existing technology, knowledge and/or products.
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Development of a Methodology for Educational Management Entailing Government, Economic Sectors, and Educational Institutions for Sustainable Development
This is creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge including knowledge of humankind, culture, and society, and to devise new applications of available knowledge.
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Domestic Policies for Sustainable and Economic Development in Countries With Emerging Economies: A Case Study of Mexico
This is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge including knowledge of humankind, culture, and society, and to devise new applications of available knowledge.
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R&D Competition, Cooperation, and Microeconomic Policies
Intellectual creation whose aim is to increase the stock of knowledge, and the use of this knowledge to create new applications. It includes three activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development.
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