Examples of wasted research
Spanish search for El Dorado.Geographical exploration of the Nile and Congo river systems. Sony's development of the beta video-tape recording system. My favourite wasted research is Allenby & Co. Outfitters.
A whole host of wasted research gets tossed out with technology flops like:
Apple Lisa
Apple Newton
Digital audio tape
DIVX
Dot-bombs
Dreamcast
E-books
IBM PCjr.
Internet currency
Iridium
Microsoft Bob
The Net PC
NeXT
OS/2
The paperless office
Push technology
QUBE
Smart appliances
Speech recognition
Virtual reality
Web TV
Other
Top Twenty Tech Flops
Canadian SME International Trade and Marketing - writings upon readings and continued curiousity in the realms of cross cultural business. Some of my opinions are not my own, but I would fancy to say nearly all of them should be credited to the various authors. Deming disciple. I stubbornly persist.
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