Definition In Book

Question 0

Idea

Answer 0

Something imagined or pictured in the mind

Question 1

Innovation

Answer 1

The practical implementation of an idea into a new device or process

Question 2

Creativity

Answer 2

The ability to produce novel and useful work

Question 3

Intranet

Answer 3

A private network, accessible only to authorized individuals, it is like the internet but operates only with the organization

Question 4

Basic research

Answer 4

Research targeted at increasing scientific knowledge for its own sake. It may or may not have any long-term commercial application

Question 5

Applied research

Answer 5

Research targeted at increasing knowledges for a specific application or need

Question 6

Development

Answer 6

Activities that apply knowledge to produce useful devices, materials, or processes

Question 7

Complementors

Answer 7

Producers of complementary goods are complementors

Question 8

Absorptive ability

Answer 8

The ability of an organization to recognize, assimilate, and utilize new knowledge

Question 9

Technology transfer offices

Answer 9

Offices designed to facilitate the transfer of technology developed in a research environment to an environment where it can be commercially applied

Question 10

Science parks

Answer 10

Regional district, typically set up by government, to foster R and D collaboration between government, universities, and private firms

Question 11

Incubators

Answer 11

Institutions designed to nurture the development of new businesses that might otherwise lack access to adequate funding or advice