In industry, research is done based on an immediate need for the product. Unless there is a problem that has to be solved, usually the research isn’t pushed in industry. In academia, research is done based on an immediate or future need for the product. In academia, they solve problems that might be current or might be a future problem that we anticipate and know is coming like for example, climate change (industry would ignore it, sadly). I think that the best approach would be academia because in industry, its always rushed and the best product isn’t outputted. For example, to stay competitive in the submarine business (globally), you have to be ahead of other countries. If there is word that a country has some technology that we don’t then they push to get that research out to get that technology. One has to ask: if that country has been working on this technology for years and now, we take a few months to output something like it, who do you think will have the better product? Research in industry ends up being about getting something done, not getting it done well. In academia, the research is more well thought out.