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Exploratory research in industry
Dennis Scotter
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Abstract
Most scientific effort in industry is devoted to the application of known science to meet specific product objectives. This can be a challenging and innovative activity as it is not always entirely clear at the outset what science is needed or how best to apply it, and sometimes new science is needed to resolve particular issues. However, it is different from “exploratory research”, which concentrates on generating new science for future applications that may be ill-defined at the outset. This in turn differs from “basic research”, which is pursued for its intrinsic interest alone.