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From bench to business

Nature Materials volume 2, pages 287–289 (2003)Cite this article

The process of transferring a laboratory discovery to the marketplace can sometimes seem like a black art. It doesn't have to be.

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Figure 1: Types and rates of innovation.
Figure 2: Different paths for innovations to reach the marketplace.

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  1. Lally School of Technology and Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, 12180, New York, USA

    Jonathan D. Linton

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Linton, J., Walsh, S. From bench to business. Nature Mater 2, 287–289 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat882

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