I wouldn't be surprised if a few organizations had run major experiments over the years, with results never seeing the light of day.
It would also be great if there was more awareness of the kind of data the research community needs so that if someone saw a natural experiment shaping up in their company they knew who to call.
Regarding budgets, these researchers are a lot smarter than me and I bet they are doing their best with what they have. What might be good though is having several labs join forces and collaborate on one very good trial of a core issue.
Then you have a hope of settling a question and moving the field forward while creating some infrastructure that will help answer other big questions.
Maybe that's happening, I haven't seen a lot of it though.
It would also be great if there was more awareness of the kind of data the research community needs so that if someone saw a natural experiment shaping up in their company they knew who to call.
Regarding budgets, these researchers are a lot smarter than me and I bet they are doing their best with what they have. What might be good though is having several labs join forces and collaborate on one very good trial of a core issue.
Then you have a hope of settling a question and moving the field forward while creating some infrastructure that will help answer other big questions.
Maybe that's happening, I haven't seen a lot of it though.