Technological advancements, especially in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)have enhanced greatly the competition spurred by the globalization of the world economies. Evensmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are no more immune to the challenges that theglobalization brings...

This paper presents results of an empirical large-scale study on uncertainty reduction of R&Dprojects and R&D project selection. The empirical field is the German automotive supplierindustry. We explore R&D project selection practices in this specific industry and briefly contrastour findings...