How "Pasteur's Quadrant" enlightens invention, innovation, inquiry and other thinking challenges
- sciart0
- Feb 28
- 1 min read
Excerpt:
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Political scientist Donald E. Stokes outlined distinct dimensions and categories of research in his 1997 publication Pasteur’s Quadrant.
Stokes created a framework — “Pasteur’s quadrant” — that visualizes the invention-innovation challenge faced by industrial research labs.
Pasteur’s quadrant did not yet exist when the mission statement for Microsoft Research (MSR) was drafted — but the similarities are remarkable.