Abstract
NEDO conducted interviews with 102 selected enterprises for evaluation of the national S&T policies in cooperation with METI. The paper summarizes the results by categorizing the opinions collected. Principal comments included : importance of high risk, long-term projects ; need for flexibility in project management taking into account the inevitable uncertainty of R&D and possible applications unexpected at the beginning of the project ; importance of interdisciplinary areas ; and the necessity of eradication of the old follow-the-crowd mentality which has prevented Japanese companies from attaining a really leading position.
