Decision-Making & Planning
"The sciences could well rise in the new pecking order of career status. The Obama administration wants to double federal spending in basic research over 10 years and triple the number of graduate fellowships in science. There are already signs of
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Highlights of our 2009 Investment Confidence Survey provide a glimpse into the investment decisions being made by laboratory management in staffing, outsourcing, facility improvement and new technologies–taking the pulse of confidence in economic security in these uncertain times.
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Breakthrough management ideas for a world in which the game will never be the same
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We are currently in a recession and in the past, CEOs have made serious mistakes in trying to cope with a slowing economy. Here is a list of What Not to Do.
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New research challenges assumption that having research published in open access journals and other free sources leads to more exposure and citations.
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The dogged pursuit of excellence might be the wrong strategy. Microsoft Research Principal Scientist Bill Buxton outlines some tips to keep innovating
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Lab Manager, as the business management advisor for R&D decision makers, will launch an annual, independent research project to determine the markets investment trends and activities.
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Due diligence in purchasing requires an investment in time and resources to manage risk and obtain the most value for the money. This requires some oversight of the actual buying cycle and is not a trivial task. How complicated is the process at your
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It seems as if we've been preparing for this recession for two or three years, constantly predicting it and staving it off as long as we could, all the while listening to the media tell us that it was just around the corner. And now that it is here -we're witnessing a new media-inspired cottage industry building up around the "down economy" and the bad times that are upon us and that lie ahead.
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Despite the general perception that biomedical research funding decisions are apolitical, Congressional members steer billions of dollars in research money from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to researchers and institutions in their home states, according to a University of California, Berkeley study.
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ESI International revealed the 2009 Top 10 project management trends that will impact both private and public sector organizations this year.
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Resources and advice for gathering competitive intelligence.
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