title: Handicaps to British 'innovation'.
abstract: Britain urgently needs to return to traditional, but now abandoned, values in science. Scientific administrators and EC directorates should revise their policies in the light of Japan's experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kennaway
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D007564:Japan; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom