Título:	Strategic planning in public R&D organizations for agribusiness: Brazil and the United States of America.
Autor:	FREITAS FILHO, A. PAEZ, M. L. D'A. GOEDERT, W. J.
Año:	2002
Referencia:	Technological Forescasting & Social Change, v. 69, p. 833-847. 2002.
Descripción:	There is increasing evidence that public organizations dedicated exclusively to research and development (R&D) in agribusiness need systematic management tools to incorporate the uncertainties and complexities of technological and nontechnological factors of external environments in its long-term strategic plans. The major issues are: ??What will be the agribusiness science and technology (S&T) needs be in the future??? ??How to prepare in order to meet these needs??? Both Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa), attached to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a comprehensive strategic and operational planning process in order to answer these key questions in the 1990s. The main objective of this article is to present a comparative and preliminary analysis of concepts, methodologies, and processes utilized, and some results obtained by these public organizations.
NAL Thesaurus:	agribusiness
Palabras clave:	Alternative scenarios Strategic planning Research and development management
Tipo de Material:	Artigo de periódico
Acceso:	openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:	Artigo em periódico indexado / Embrapa Unidades Centrais (AI-SEDE)