What about 'permitted bootlegging?'
'Permitted bootlegging' is research time where technical staff are allowed to spend a certain amount of their time working on 'pet-projects' in the hope that some day there is some return for the company. Famous examples of companies, which follow such an initiative, are 3M and Hewlett Packard. They allow ten to fifteen per cent of the working time for own product related interests. A well-known example of a permitted bootleg product is the yellow sticky 'post-it notes', developed by Art Fry and Spencer Silver at 3M.
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