Technological Change through Product Improvement in Aircraft Turbine Engines
Abstract
An area of R&D activity often as important as new product R&D is R&D directed at improving an existing object, often called product improvement. Multiple regression techniques were used to estimate a multi-dimensional technology tradeoff surface for U.S. aircraft turbine engines. Product-improvement engines embody a higher level of technology than their original versions, but the rate of technological advance is significantly less than the long-run average for new designs. Further, thrust-growth product improvement is subject to diminishing returns with respect to dollar resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769911
Entities
People
- Robert Shishko
Organizations
- RAND Corporation