Table D-2.— Complete List of Issues Taken from Industry Sector 



Government regulations and controls (unreasonable, not thought out, no cost/benefit/risk 



analysis). 



Absence of national science and technology policy, priorities or goals. 



Near-term relevance is only research objective (due to government regulations or 



decentralization of research to profit centers). 



General economic conditions, particularly inflation "in salaries and laboratory costs, lead 



to decreases in fundamental research in industry. 



Low public confidence in and/or poor image of science, technology, research or scientists. 



Lack of availability of money, low profitability or obstacles to capital formation lead to decreases 



in fundamental research in industry. 



Concern over general decrease in fundamental and other research in industry. 



Deteriorating patent protection or patent policy is a disincentive to industrial research 



and innovation. 



Too few/too many scientific and technical personnel — no match with need — lack of national 



policy on scientific and technical personnel. 



Competing R&D functions (e.g., applied research or development in response to government 



regulations) decrease fundamental research in industry. 



Concern about quality of new people — best are not entering science and engineering or, if they do, 



are kept for university . 



Concern whether other sectors will compensate for decrease in industrial fundamental research. 



Fundamental research in industry has become too risky and has reduced future payoff 



Concern over Federal pressures for shift to short-term and/or applied research. 



Need for planning and continuity for science and technology at national level. 



Lack of long-term capital and low profits result in shifts from more basic to short-term 



and/or applied research. 



Lack of recognition of relationships among basic research, applied research, development and 



innovation contributes to shift to short-term and/or applied research. 



Concern over low public confidence in and poor image of industrial corporations. 



Anti-trust and licensing regulations and other barriers to research and innovation. 



Need for coordination of research performers from all sectors. 



General social climate including attitudes towards business, profits and science is not 



conducive to fundamental research in industry. 



Random and illogical consumer "attacks" on products and practices do not favor long 



term deployment of personnel in basic research. 



Failure of public to recognize role of large corporations in innovation. 



Government acts as adversary to industry. 



Technological obsolescence. 



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