谷歌投资基础研究,但没有传统的研究实验室。在一些诸如微软和IBM之类的电脑业巨头公司,研究副总裁所管辖的部门被安置在专门的设施里,小心翼翼地隔绝在主要业务的激烈竞争之外。先比之下,谷歌的研究部门负责人阿尔弗雷德·斯佩克特(Alfred Spector)拥有一个小型核心团队,却没有一座单独的公寓或建筑。他大部分时 Google invests in basic research but does not have traditional research labs. In some computer giants such as Microsoft and IBM, the divisions under the research vice president are housed in specialized facilities and are carefully isolated from the fierce competition in the main business. In the first place, Alfred Spector, head of research at Google, owns a small core team but does not have a separate apartment or building. Most of his time