Renewal of the IRI/CIMS R&D Innovation and The Competitive Performance of Large U.S. Industrial Firms Database

现有的工业研究所/创新管理研究中心（IRI/CIMS）年度研发调查将继续进行，该调查支持技术创新管理方面的研究。将扩大调查工具，以便收集与在软件、国防/航空航天和电信等动态和技术密集型商业部门经营的公司和业务单位唯一相关的变量的数据。将增加覆盖范围，以寻求有关研发对创新成果的贡献的重要问题的答案，例如产品和流程成本的降低以及收入的增加。最后，年度调查样本的广度将扩大到包括那些可能不是工业研究所（IRI）成员，但其研发活动具有重大经济利益和重要性的公司。此外，将重复上一次于1996年进行的管理做法调查。MPS通过提供有关研发组织和实验室结构随时间变化的信息、研发支持的业务目标的变化，以及研发计划计划和项目选择重点的变化，对数据库做出了巨大贡献。这些信息加强了研究人员解释年度调查数据中出现的趋势的能力。

The existing Industrial Research Institute/Center for Innovation Management Studies (IRI/CIMS) Annual R&D Survey, which supports research on management of technological innovation, will continue to be performed. The survey instrument will be augmented so that data can be collected on variables that are uniquely relevant to firms and business units operating in dynamic and technology intensive business sectors such as software, defense/aerospace, and telecommunications. Coverage will be increased to seek answers to important questions about the contribution of R&D to innovation outcomes, such as product and process cost reductions and revenue enhancements. Finally, the breadth of the Annual Survey sample will be expanded to include firms that may not be members of the Industrial Research Institute (IRI), but whose R&D activities are of significant economic interest and importance. In addition, the Management Practices Survey (MPS), which was last conducted in 1996, will be repeated. The MPS contributes greatly to the database by providing information about changes in the structure of R&D organizations and laboratories that occur over time, shifts in the business goals supported by R&D, and changes in R&D program planning and project selection emphasis. Such information has strengthened researchers' ability to interpret trends that have appeared in the Annual Survey data.