Companies are afraid to invest in long-term research and development because of the impact on earnings.
The Toshiba Lab is focussed on long-term research rather than being an incubator for start-up companies.
The Registry will also provide a rich source of data for long-term research.
In addition, corporations have cut back on long-term research, and researchers say government funding comes with a growing number of stipulations.
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Henry Tirri heads Nokia's long-term research at the company's research centers world-wide.
Why should drugmakers pay for long-term research trials that can easily cost a hundred million dollars or more if they get no sales benefit?
The so-called autonomous adaptive structures are part of a long-term research into shape-memory healing which could impact long-term developments of implantable medical devices, for instance.
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There is plenty of venture capital for ideas that promise returns in the short or medium term, but longer-term research and development depends heavily on governments.
This opinion is supported by long-term research published recently in the United States, which tracked a sample of academics who had worked within a merit-pay system.
Yet these modern trappings provide the Brossiers with a happy medium between the Arctic wilderness the family so adores, suitable schooling facilities and viable long-term research work.
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And the recommendations we provided to the President on Monday call for executive actions he could sign, legislation he could call for, and long-term research that should be undertaken.
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Rather than go public or cash out his fortune, he says he will donate his shares to a new non-profit educational trust, which will keep the firm's focus on long-term research.
In fact, national support of longer-term research has evolved to an assumed national responsibility with the side effect that we are not carefully considering what makes these expenditures good investments for high economic returns.
Most impressively, it has helped construct an orbiting laboratory that offers the prospect of long-term research into the effects of space flight, research that can not just improve the health and safety of our astronauts but also of people on Earth.
Japan, however, is allowed to hunt between 300-400 minke whales annually in the sanctuary under a clause allowing a long-term scientific research program.
Analysts said while the job cuts would help in the short term, research and development would be a key area for the company because finding new blockbuster drugs was the best way for it to remain profitable.
This funding supports exactly the type of long-term, speculative research that leads to new markets but which will not be financed by the private sector.
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In a separate development, IBM said it has initiated a long-term multibillion-dollar research effort to create business computers capable of doing simple tasks on their own.
Twelve of the 16 bear markets between 1942 and 2002 happened in the second year of a presidential term, according to research by Marshall Nickles of Pepperdine University.
Other nations have leapt ahead by implementing clean energy strategies that coordinate long-term investment in integrated research and development, low-cost financing for clean tech manufacturers, and stable policies to ensure domestic demand for clean energy.
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"Although we believe that fundamentals will remain the key for the Taiwan market, the government's supportive measures will likely boost investor sentiment and market liquidity in the near term, " Fubon Research strategists wrote in a note to clients.
She agreed to strengthen the role of the European Investment Bank, an EU long-term lending institution that finances research and development projects and infrastructure.
The conference will be an opportunity for interested scientists to share their ideas and establish long-term collaborations for study and research on Historic Hydraulic Structures.
But can its much-hyped launch reverse a long-term decline that has beset Research in Motion in the last two years: a share price down by 73%, along with slimming market share and profits?
"This is an unusual case where the pricing moves that the players are making are not about trying to get unilateral advantage so much as they are trying to put the industry on a sustainable, long-term footing, " Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett said.
But while there may be short term gains for firms involved in research and development, the programme may eventually be crippled by it expense, he added.
The JDRF awarded 500 research grants last year, although it thinks it can achieve more by moving toward fewer but bigger fixed-term collaborations with brand-name research institutions like Columbia and Harvard.
That strategy should include robust and long-term investments in areas such as research and innovation, manufacturing, market creation, workforce training and education, and the development of new, globally competitive industry clusters.
MDMA. He is particularly concerned about research that shows long-term mental changes in Ecstasy users.
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