Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 R& -- D Management Practices and Innovation: Evidence from a Firm Survey -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Key Questions and Related Literature -- 1.2.1 Organizational Structure of R& -- D Activities -- 1.2.2 Staged Project Management -- 1.2.3 Compensation and Incentive Schemes for R& -- D Personnel -- 1.2.4 Risk Preferences and Corporate Culture -- 1.3 Methodology -- 1.3.1 Survey Design -- 1.3.2 Summary Statistics -- 1.4 R& -- D Outcomes and Inputs -- 1.4.1 R& -- D Outcomes -- 1.4.2 R& -- D Inputs: R& -- D Expenditures -- 1.4.3 R& -- D Inputs: R& -- D Personnel -- 1.5 Organizational Structure of R& -- D Activities -- 1.5.1 Centralized/Decentralized R& -- D Structure -- 1.5.2 Allocation of R& -- D Expenditure and R& -- D Personnel in Firms with a Hybrid R& -- D Structure -- 1.5.3 Initiative in Hiring R& -- D Personnel -- 1.6 R& -- D Project Management -- 1.6.1 Overview on R& -- D Projects -- 1.6.2 Staged Project Management -- 1.7 Evaluation of R& -- D Personnel -- 1.7.1 Salary Schemes for R& -- D Personnel -- 1.7.2 Performance- and Ability-Based Evaluation -- 1.7.3 Incentive Schemes for R& -- D Personnel -- 1.7.4 Incentives for Long-Term Success -- 1.8 Risk Preferences and Corporate Culture -- 1.8.1 Risk Preferences -- 1.8.2 Corporate Culture -- 1.9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Survey of R& -- D Management Practices -- Glossary of Terms in the "Survey of R& -- D Management Practices" -- References.