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192 Enterprise Project Governance striving to develop effective R&D governance criteria. This barrier faces all organizations whose futures depend on synergy between creativity and pro- ductivity. Says Vijay Govindarajan, a management professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business: "The mindset that is needed, the capabilities that are needed, the metrics that are needed, the whole culture that is needed for dis- continuous innovation, are fundamentally different." 8 So governance policies must take into account not only the conflict inherent in creative growth, but also the cost/benefit of radically changing a legacy culture. Governance of Collaborative R&D Efforts: FP7 When various institutions tackle R&D projects collaboratively, governance is a key success factor. In this collaborative arrangement, parties enter into a pact and agree to combine their knowledge to create innovative products. The Eu- ropean Union's Seventh Framework Program (FP7) is such a case. It involves dozens of European academic institutions and other entities, collaborating to