Philip ShapiraINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUP ON R&D MANAGEMENT is an interdisciplinary group of analysts from universities and research centers in Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. With expertise in human resource management, economics, sociology, engieering, business administration, and policy analysis, the Group was formed in the late 1980s to study the organization, processes, and management of research and development in and between their respective countries. The Group's members have published extensively on employment, economic development, and industrial, and technology management topics. The volume editor, Philip Shapira, is Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology. Read More Read Less