Chemicals
Chemical Week: Accelerating Innovation with Higher Returns
Chemical companies struggle with R&D returns; targeted approach improves time-to-market and innovation effectiveness.
Insight
R&D Retains Strong Focus on Return
Most companies focus on long-term knowledge building and productivity of teams
EFESO partnered with Chemical Week to survey 53 chemical industry innovation and research & development executives to measure satisfaction with product innovation & value management at their companies
The survey results found that chemical makers are generally satisfied with the financial return of R&D investment. The main frustration that most respondents agreed on was not the return on R&D investments, but the amount of time it takes to get innovation to market.
Read the cover story from the 2–9 November 2020 issue of Chemical Week to see the full results of the survey, including excerpts from interviews with chemical company executives on the topic of the importance of innovation and how to track returns from research & development.
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