industrial research
Commercial scientific inquiry
Industrial research is systematic investigation conducted by or for businesses and corporations, aimed at developing new products, improving manufacturing processes, or solving practical technical problems.
Unlike academic research, which pursues knowledge for its own sake, industrial research is driven by commercial goals and often kept proprietary.
The company invested heavily in industrial research to stay competitive.
Major corporations maintain dedicated research and development divisions where industrial research takes place.
- labResearch facility, shortened
- lab coatProtective work garment
- pilot plantSmall test manufacturing operation
- automationSelf-operating system design
- green technologyEarth-friendly industrial innovation
design thinking · white paper · robotics · intellectual property · prototyping · test bed · proof of concept · sustainable materials · artificial intelligence · Six Sigma · material science · sample · R&D · applied science · trade secret · market analysis · machine learning · quality assurance
industrial researchacademic research
Formal investigation at universities
pure research · basic research · university research · scholarly research · blue-sky research
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