Just found this on the MtG site:
"R&D stands for Research & Development. But there aren't two different divisions inside R&D, one research, the other development. We just call it R&D because that's a name that people can understand (imagine the confusion if we called it 'D&D'!).
"The way R&D is actually set up, we have 6 areas: Magic, non-Magic Trading Card Games, Role Playing Games, New Business, Editing, and Shared Services (a kind of catch all; mostly it's TCG people whose time is split between Magic and non-Magic). Design and development are more roles than areas in the company. For example, New Business has lots of designers, Magic has lots of developers, but both groups need people in both roles."
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/askwizards/0904
Cheers!
"R&D stands for Research & Development. But there aren't two different divisions inside R&D, one research, the other development. We just call it R&D because that's a name that people can understand (imagine the confusion if we called it 'D&D'!).
"The way R&D is actually set up, we have 6 areas: Magic, non-Magic Trading Card Games, Role Playing Games, New Business, Editing, and Shared Services (a kind of catch all; mostly it's TCG people whose time is split between Magic and non-Magic). Design and development are more roles than areas in the company. For example, New Business has lots of designers, Magic has lots of developers, but both groups need people in both roles."
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/askwizards/0904
Cheers!
