Transformative direction of R&D : lessons from Amazon's endeavor
Watanabe, C., & Tou, Y. (2019). Transformative direction of R&D : lessons from Amazon's endeavor. Technovation, 88, Article 102081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2019.05.007
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Amazon jumped up to the world's top Research and Development (R&D) firm in 2017. Such a rapid and notable increase in R&D investment has raised the question of a new R&D definition in the digital economy, which Amazon insists includes both “routine or periodic alterations” (traditionally classified as non-R&D) and “significant improvement” (classified as R&D), as Amazon transforms the former into the latter during its R&D process. A convincing answer to this question will give rise to insightful suggestions regarding a new concept of R&D in the digital economy.
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The research leading to these results is part of a project: “Platform Value Now: Value capturing in fast-emerging platform ecosystems”, supported by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland [grant number 293446 ]License
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