Research and Development Projects

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The paper describes several ways to assess risk associated with research and development (R&D) projects. The paper references procedures from a leading firm involved in R&D for the production of air-to-air missiles and other advanced multi-million-dollar weapons systems.

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Technical / Operational Risk (TOR)
Market / Competitive Risk
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"Today's fast pace High-Tech industries live on R&D. The idea is to get needed new products and solutions to the market as fast as possible so that revenues to cover the vast investments can be generated as soon as possible. The faster a product goes out to the market the higher the reward. In some cases such as with the development of new drugs, this is even a "winner takes it all" situation since the first company to get a product to the market can enjoy a sort of monopoly due to patent protection [Galarpi 2001]"

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