Title
Organizational Dynamics and the Evolutionary Dilemma between Diversity and Standardization in Mission-Oriented Research Programmes : An illustration
Author
Emmanuelle Conesa, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 1997)
(Original Publish Date: 1997)
Abstract
The American NASP programme — National Aero Space Plane — is a good illustration of the evolutionary dilemma between variety and standardization in the management of mission-oriented R&D. This dilemma relates to the trade-off between the need to explore the technological diversity in order to avoid the risk of being lockedin on the wrong technological option, and the need to share the knowledge produce through the experiments.
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