... platforms. Other agencies (e.g., DoE/ARPA-E) have programs targeting the same early phase of the R&D cycle, but their budgets are much smaller and their research portfolios have similar issues. The ... within one technology life cycle the standard cell phone. The company failed, as many do, to plan for and thereby make the transition to the next major technology, the smart phone, where not ... for the periods 2000−07 and 2000-09. The difference in average growth rates between the two groups is remarkable.41 Further, Table 2 provides a perspective on the relative effects of the...