IMPORTANT ROLE OF PRODUCTS DESIGN OF MODERN MACHINERY IN THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS-- STUDY ON THE THREEFOLD SYNTHESIS METHOD "DYNAMIC DESIGN, INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND PARTIAL VIRTUAL DESIGN" FACE TO PRODUCTS GENERALIZATION QUALITY

A firm planning market entry can attempt to develop a product that is either similar to the incumbent's existing offering (imitation) or entirely novel (innovation). The authors establish that when the incumbent is more aggressive in research and development (R&D), this negatively affects the entrant's marginal return on R&D. Thus, if greater profits produce a strong (weak) desire for the incumbent to increase its R&D level, the entrant will respond by sharply decreasing (increasing) its R&D level. As a result, the incumbent's likelihood of retaining the lead position will exhibit an inverse U-shaped pattern as a function of monopoly and duopoly profits. The authors then examine the impact of uncertainty about the rewards from new products and allow firms to conduct market research to resolve the uncertainty. They characterize the conditions for the entrant's innovation versus imitation decision to reveal information about future rewards to the incumbent. When duopoly profits are uncertain and can be either high (upside potential) or low (downside potential), the entry strategy will be revealing if the upside potential is attractive enough relative to monopoly profits. In contrast, when innovation has uncertain commercial potential (i.e., either valued or not valued by consumers), the entry strategy will be revealing if duopoly profits are unattractive relative to monopoly profits. In these cases, the entrant's innovation–imitation decision is driven by market research; this allows the incumbent to forgo market research and infer the true state of demand from the type of entry strategy it observes.

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Linking Financial Resources Ability and R & D Resources on New Product Performance. The Mediating role of Innovation Orientation and Competitive Position

10.20944/preprints202101.0424.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hersugondo Hersugondo ◽

Sugeng Wahyudi ◽

Nuryakin Nuryakin ◽

Rio Dhani Laksana

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

Service Industry ◽

New Products ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

State Ownership ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Research Approach ◽

Competitive Position ◽

Mediating Role

This study aims to test empirical research on the effect of financial resource ability, research and development (R &amp; D) on innovation orientation and competitive position. This study also examines the critical mediating role of innovation orientation and competitive position to achieving new products performance (NPP). This study used a quantitative research approach by comparing data from service industry and manufacture industry in Indonesia included in Indonesian-State-Ownership companies. The analysis unit in this study used middle managers and top managers who responsible for managing divisions within the Indonesian-State-Ownership companies. The number of respondents studied in this study was 287 sample. The purposive sampling technique was used in taking the research sample. This study indicated that financial resources abilities, research and development (R &amp; D) abilities positive effect on innovation orientation and competitive position. This study also testing the importance role of innovation orientation and a competitive position to enhancing new products performance (NPP).

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Evaluation of Fiscal Policy Effect of China’s Photovoltaic Industry

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-123 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 111-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gang AN ◽

Hang WANG

Keyword(s):

Fiscal Policy ◽

Research And Development ◽

Operating Performance ◽

Fiscal Policies ◽

Micro Data ◽

Policy Effect ◽

Policy Suggestions ◽

Asset Size ◽

The Empirical Analysis

To explore the role of fiscal policies in promoting the development of photovoltaic industry, the effects of financial subsidies on the development of China’s photovoltaic industry were analyzed by using the micro data of listed companies. The empirical analysis results in this study indicate that the fiscal policies represented by financial subsidies play a remarkable positive impetus function and financial subsidies are positively correlated with the operating performance of Photovoltaic enterprises. With larger the asset size and higher the Research and Development (R&D) investments, the operating performance of Photovoltaic enterprises is the better. Based on the above results, this study puts forward some policy suggestions on optimizing fiscal policy tools and further promoting the development of photovoltaic industry.

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Role of Research and Development in Sustaining Indian Agriculture: A Brief Review

Indian Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.35716/ijed/ns20-079 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 396-401

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

Production Process ◽

Annual Increase ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

The Past ◽

Indian Agriculture ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Development Institutions ◽

Agriculture Development

Technology united with research and development has evolved as a grave differentiator of the agriculture sector in India including production, processing, and agriculture packing and marketing of given crops. Near about 50 percent of the Indian workforce was engaged in the agriculture sector but its share in GDP was only 14 percent, much lower in comparison to former. Though, certain agriculture items showed a steady annual increase in terms of kilograms per hectare. Agriculture transformed significantly over the past few decades but when it comes to investment in research and development there is a lot more which needs to be done. The paper analyzes the role of various research and development institutions in boosting the growth of the agriculture sector that helps in attaining sustainable agriculture development and self-sufficiency in the production process since independence. It also focusesed on the various issues faced by these development institutions. The findings unveiled that since independence a lot more was done to boost the research and development in the agriculture sector at both the center and state levels but a proper implementation of these policies along with transparency could bring more desirable outcomes than were gained at present.

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Positive Role of Synthesis Method and Hard Template on the Catalytic Performance of SAPO-34 in Methanol to Olefin Reaction.

Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening ◽

10.2174/1386207323666200720103321 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

Author(s):

Sajjad Rimaz ◽

Reza Katal

Keyword(s):

Particle Size ◽

Synthesis Method ◽

Catalytic Performance ◽

Hard Template ◽

Structure Directing Agent ◽

Positive Role ◽

Methanol To Olefin ◽

Dg Method ◽

Synthesis Procedure

: In the present study, SAPO-34 particles were synthesized using hydrothermal (HT) and dry gel (DG) conversion methods in the presence of diethyl amine (DEA) as an organic structure directing agent (SDA). Carbon nanotubes (CNT) were used as hard template in the synthesis procedure to introduce transport pores into the structures of the synthesized samples. The synthesized samples were characterized with different methods to reveal effects of synthesis method and using hard template on their structure and catalytic performance in methanol to olefin reaction (MTO). DG conversion method results in smaller particle size in comparison with hydrothermal method, resulting in enhancing catalytic performance. On the other side, using CNT in the synthesis procedure with DG method results in more reduction in particle size and formation of hierarchical structure which drastically improves catalytic performance.

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Recent Advances in Fabrication of Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane-Based Composite Materials

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14133497 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (13) ◽

pp. 3497

Author(s):

Piotr Stachak ◽

Izabela Łukaszewska ◽

Edyta Hebda ◽

Krzysztof Pielichowski

Keyword(s):

Raw Materials ◽

Synthesis Method ◽

Polymeric Materials ◽

Original Research ◽

Significant Group ◽

Oh Groups ◽

New Class ◽

Hazardous Chemical ◽

Wide Range

Polyurethanes (PUs) are a significant group of polymeric materials that, due to their outstanding mechanical, chemical, and physical properties, are used in a wide range of applications. Conventionally, PUs are obtained in polyaddition reactions between diisocyanates and polyols. Due to the toxicity of isocyanate raw materials and their synthesis method utilizing phosgene, new cleaner synthetic routes for polyurethanes without using isocyanates have attracted increasing attention in recent years. Among different attempts to replace the conventional process, polyaddition of cyclic carbonates (CCs) and polyfunctional amines seems to be the most promising way to obtain non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) or, more precisely, polyhydroxyurethanes (PHUs), while primary and secondary –OH groups are being formed alongside urethane linkages. Such an approach eliminates hazardous chemical compounds from the synthesis and leads to the fabrication of polymeric materials with unique and tunable properties. The main advantages include better chemical, mechanical, and thermal resistance, and the process itself is invulnerable to moisture, which is an essential technological feature. NIPUs can be modified via copolymerization or used as matrices to fabricate polymer composites with different additives, similar to their conventional counterparts. Hence, non-isocyanate polyurethanes are a new class of environmentally friendly polymeric materials. Many papers on the matter above have been published, including both original research and extensive reviews. However, they do not provide collected information on NIPU composites fabrication and processing. Hence, this review describes the latest progress in non-isocyanate polyurethane synthesis, modification, and finally processing. While focusing primarily on the carbonate/amine route, methods of obtaining NIPU are described, and their properties are presented. Ways of incorporating various compounds into NIPU matrices are characterized by the role of PHU materials in copolymeric materials or as an additive. Finally, diverse processing methods of non-isocyanate polyurethanes are presented, including electrospinning or 3D printing.

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A Study on the Impact of R&D Intensity on Business Performance: Evidence from South Korea

Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity ◽

10.3390/joitmc7020135 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 135

Author(s):

Hun Park ◽

Jun-Hwan Park ◽

Sujin Lee ◽

Hyuk Hahn

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Research And Development ◽

Business Performance ◽

Decision Makers ◽

The Other ◽

Research Groups ◽

Innovative Firms ◽

The Impact ◽

Knowledge Services

The role of R&D (research and development) intensity on the effect of knowledge services on the business performance of firms has been discussed by using PLS-SEM and PLS-MGA methods. Research groups were divided into two groups, innovative and non-innovative. Respondents were classified into innovative firms if their R&D intensity was over 3% and vice versa. PLS-SEM and PLS-MGA results were compared for two groups and valuable insights were extracted. For innovative firms, knowledge services seemed to be verified and processed by the decision makers and utilized to achieve their business performance. On the other hand, a large number of non-innovative firms seemed to have a stronger tendency to utilize knowledge services directly for their business without sufficient verification by the decision makers.

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Plato on Natural Kinds: The Promethean Method of the Philebus

Apeiron ◽

10.1515/apeiron-2020-0060 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

John D. Proios

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Natural Kind ◽

Intelligent Design ◽

Expert Knowledge ◽

Natural Kinds ◽

Natural World ◽

History Of Philosophy ◽

The World ◽

History Of

Abstract Plato’s invention of the metaphor of carving the world by the joints (Phaedrus 265d–66c) gives him a privileged place in the history of natural kind theory in philosophy and science; he is often understood to present a paradigmatic but antiquated view of natural kinds as possessing eternal, immutable, necessary essences. Yet, I highlight that, as a point of distinction from contemporary views about natural kinds, Plato subscribes to an intelligent-design, teleological framework, in which the natural world is the product of craft and, as a result, is structured such that it is good for it to be that way. In Plato’s Philebus, the character Socrates introduces a method of inquiry whose articulation of natural kinds enables it to confer expert knowledge, such as literacy. My paper contributes to an understanding of Plato’s view of natural kinds by interpreting this method in light of Plato’s teleological conception of nature. I argue that a human inquirer who uses the method identifies kinds with relational essences within a system causally related to the production of some unique craft-object, such as writing. As a result, I recast Plato’s place in the history of philosophy, including Plato’s view of the relation between the kinds according to the natural and social sciences. Whereas some are inclined to separate natural from social kinds, Plato holds the unique view that all naturalness is a social feature of kinds reflecting the role of intelligent agency.

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