Author: Lawrence Lee

Lawrence Lee is a Director of Business Development at PARC, a Xerox company, where he works in strategic planning, software commercialization, and new business creation.

Managing Research as an Investment Portfolio: Lessons from PARC

As part of its transformation from an internal research center to a commercial business, PARC has needed to innovate its business practices, as well as its research and technology. How do we balance the seemingly conflicting goals of long-term research vs. short-term profits, of creating breakthrough innovations vs. providing client services, of diversifying research into many markets vs. developing critical mass in just … Continue reading “Managing Research as an Investment Portfolio: Lessons from PARC”