Croft says these initiatives can shorten early stage development: "Having a portfolio of different projects can help speed things up because you've got alternatives, so if something fails you can move on to another project".
In the short term, Poneman said DOE is investing Recovery Act funds to improve efficiency and support new technologies, but that the USG seeks to facilitate energy development through a portfolio approach, not dictate what the market should pursue.
A support scheme that is technology-neutral with reference to low-carbon technologies, such as a focussed capacity market, would favour statically cost-effective options, but not necessarily the development of a portfolio of flexibility options including bioelectricity.
In Naomi's former role within the network in the U.K., she led Client Development across a portfolio of brands, including News International, News Group Newspapers, Arla, Uniqlo and Staples.
This has led to limited success in product development, with a portfolio which now includes a disinfectant and rapid HIV and Hepatitis B test kits.
A more ambitious approach to improving the evidence base is through development of a portfolio of relevant recruitment interventions (based on theory and empirical evidence) which could be offered to investigators for inclusion within an individual trial, or across multiple trials, using the 'nested' methodology.
Mr. Ramesh, who also heads the ministry of rural development, a hefty portfolio, pointed out that only about 10 percent of the 250,000 village governments in the country rule areas that are free of open defecation.
For the next 29 years, he was in research and development, building up a portfolio of patents but developing little management experience.
GSK also plans to commit its future cancer therapies – it has about a dozen in development after selling a portfolio to Novartis – to the Medicines Patent Pool.
Development Equals 1 if a portfolio company is in the development stage when it receives the investment, 0 otherwise.
