The Business of Research: RCA and the VideoDisc

Editors' preface Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. Selectavision VideoDisc: opportunity and risk 2. David Sarnoff: industrial entrepreneur 3. Research as prime mover 4. Laboratory as entrepreneur: videoplayer research begins 5. Selectavision Holotape: RCA's professional innovation 6. Everything ventured 7. All in the family 8. VideoDisc in the public eye 9. RCA's 'Manhattan Project' 10. On the market 11. Managing R&D: lessons from RCA Appendix Notes Index.