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A Practical Strategic Planning Approach for R&D Organisations

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R&D Management in the Knowledge Era

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Although the objectives of the strategy can differ based on the situation as explained by the strategy guru [1] who put together five formal definitions of strategy, the essence of the strategy is still based on two fundamental questions: where to go and how to get there. Therefore, the strategic planning approach should attempt to answer these two questions.

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  1. Safat, Kuwait

    Husam Arman

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  1. Department of Engineering and Technology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA

    TuÄŸrul Daim

  2. Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Marina Dabić

  3. Ä°zmir Institute of Technology, Urla, Izmir, Turkey

    Nuri BaÅŸoÄŸlu

  4. Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA

    João Ricardo Lavoie

  5. School of Computer Science, Innovation, and Management Engineering College of Management, Long Island University (LIU), Greenvale, NY, USA

    Brian J. Galli

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Arman, H. (2019). A Practical Strategic Planning Approach for R&D Organisations. In: Daim, T., Dabić, M., Başoğlu, N., Lavoie, J.R., Galli, B.J. (eds) R&D Management in the Knowledge Era. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15409-7_5

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