But what does that mean for a massive collaborative effort like research at CERN?
Book value falls short for high-tech firms, whose assets tend to be intangibles like research and development.
Apple competes with phone makers like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, and Google.
FORBES: Apple On Cruise Mode To $418 With 10 Billion Apps Served
Nokia competes with other mobile makers like Research in Motion, Apple, Motorola and Google.
If they can no longer deduct certain expenses like research and development, it will cut into their personal incomes.
Some analysts were skeptical that Merck could make that number without cutting costs in areas like research and development.
But just like research has shown men are less interested in teaching pre-school, women are generally less interested in pursuing careers in software development.
Of course, companies like Research in Motion have broken ground by providing their customers with easy-to-use e-mail systems over handheld PDAs, such as the BlackBerry.
What he does not believe is helpful is making cuts in areas of investment that actually help the economy grow like research and development or education.
Those worries are affecting not just tablet makers like Research In Motion (RIMM) and Motorola Mobility (MMI), but also the chip makers that supply them.
FORBES: ARM Holdings Shares Tumble On Worries Over Non-Apple Tablets
We expect iPhone to continue with its growth momentum, eating into market share of players like Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia and Google.
Consulting the income statement shows that MIPS Technologies managed to streamline operations by minimizing cost of goods sold, increasing necessary costs like research and development, and still being able to boost the bottom line.
FORBES: A Potential Play for Those Who Missed the Motorola Deal
Discretionary spending for items like research and marketing is being slashed, workers are being furloughed or offered buyouts, under-performing businesses are being put on the block and acquisitions are being eyed to bolster revenues as demand softens.
Yes, I want to reduce our deficit by cutting spending that we don't need, but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit more so that we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st-century economy.
When I left the theater I felt like a research team had been systematically baby-talking me for an hour-and-a-half.
Many companies like FactSet Research Systems are staples on our annual list.
Marketocracy and Foliofn take care of account administration and trading, and stock pickers like Rees research and trade stocks for their online Marketocracy portfolios.
Gates and Buffett are in the process of giving away virtually all of their wealth for little causes like medical research and eradicating diseases in Africa.
To reinvest in the essentials that we've neglected for too long -- like health care, like education, like a better energy policy, like basic infrastructure, like scientific research.
They like agricultural research but loathe genetically modified (GM) plants.
In Indonesian business circles, where success is usually measured by the connections you have, Mr Putera is unusual in that he believes passionately in things like market research, brands and technology.
Hit by a series of scandals and highly-publicized attacks by opportunistic short-sellers like Citron Research and Muddy Waters, investor sentiment has weakened and doubt has become the default position.
FORBES: Short-Seller Attacks Highlight Chinese Companies Social Media Shortcomings
Nor, presumably do they see a need to pay enormous bills for doing things like legal research that was formerly the province of law school graduates aspiring to partner in a big firm.
Like medical research provides general insights that a skilled doctor needs to combine into a unique treatment plan for an individual patient, rigorous management research could and should provide the basis for skilled managers to make better decisions.
FORBES: Business schools suffer from a dangerous lack of evidence based teaching
We've seen scientists experiment with DNA as a storage medium -- most recently with a Harvard team fitting 704TB of data onto a single gram of the genetic material -- and it looks like that research trend is only picking up.
ENGADGET: Scientists encode Shakespeare sonnets, MP3 and more into glitch-free DNA
In a similar sense, when we do cellular research for even -- like for cancer research, for instance, on Earth the cells actually collapse under their own weight and so their growth on Earth are a little bit distorted.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's call to the International Space Station
"There is no other research-led consortium like the Smarter Energy Research Institute in our market and we believe that by bringing advanced research closer to areas of high industry importance, we can compress the time from research to implementation and business value, " commented Rob Maathuis, Director of Asset Management at Alliander.
ENGADGET: IBM announces Smarter Energy Research Institute, aims to improve energy grids (video)
Recent research from organizations like Kennedy Information and SPI Research is providing insight into the impact of technology in client acquisition and retention for professional services firms. (For specific insights from these and other industry thought leaders, please visit our online summit.) These range from opportunity identification, to proposal development, service execution and expectations management.
FORBES: Practice Development In An Age Of Transformation: Part Two
Allowing companies like Myriad to patent human genes or parts of human genes will slow down or cripple lifesaving medical research like in the battle against breast cancer, he said.
应用推荐