FIGURE 1. Technical Risk - Proposed ATP Projects and Typical Company R&D Projects

Increasing Technical Risk on a scale of 0 - 1.0:
Proposed ATP Project
Typical Company R&D Project
Awardees
.45
.29
Nonawardees
.31
.24

Notes: Technical risk is the probability, between 0 to 1, that a project will not fully achieve technical goals.
Data shown are mean levels of technical risk as estimated by survey respondents.

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