title: Bridging the gap between analytical R&D products and their use in practice.
abstract: Identifying the key stakeholders (viz. R&D centers, routine laboratories, clients and producers of analytical tools) and their mutual relationships in Analytical Science, and pinpointing the objects through which knowledge and technology can be transferred among them, can help one recognize the weaknesses in the links connecting 'ivory towers' and industry with a view to developing ways to bridge the existing gap between the two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Marie Curie Annex Building, Campus de Rabanales, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain. qa1meobj@uco.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valcárcel
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Simonet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cárdenas