Research at xerox PARC: A founder's assessment: The first director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center tells how his management philosophy worked in launching the center and making it a success

Suppose you had the chance to set up and manage a research center for a large office-equipment corporation. How would you go about it? What fundamentals would guide you in directing the researchers to create systems and products that would be ahead of the competition, if not ahead of their time?