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This chapter postulates several important aspects in managing R&D territory, including leadership strategies, budgeting strategies, timeliness, innovation management, and portfolio management. To better illustrate these aspects in real case, three transportation projects headed by Elon Musk were analyzed in this chapter, and a conclusion was generated based on HDM (hierarchical decision model).
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Tugrul Daim and Dirk Meissner’s contribution to this book chapter was prepared within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
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Tran, B. et al. (2020). Elon Musk Transportation Projects. In: Daim, T.U., Meissner, D. (eds) Innovation Management in the Intelligent World. Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58301-9_14
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