Evaluation of R&D Themes from a Viewpoint of the Venture Business

Abstract

Evaluation of the R&D theme selection in the technology company is very important and also very difficult. In this paper, this problem in the R&D department is especially discussed. There are similar patterns in the successful cases of R&D and those of the venture business, and also in the unsuccessful cases. This paper shows the comparison between the R&D activity and the venture business, and discusses the evaluation of the R&D theme.