PAST AND FUTURE VALUE SYSTEMS IN RESEARCH: AN INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE

The value of research to an industrial researcher is intrinsically related to the researcher's value system and the judgment of the free market system in this nation. The researcher's value system is shaped by his or her formative professional years and the market acceptance or rejection of his or her developments. In the United States, the free enterprise market system has historically provided the judgment of developments and selected only those that successfully benefit society and thus the economy and the researcher. (Author)