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Understanding Private-Sector Decision Making for Early-Stage Technology Development

January 01, 2005

This study estimates that of the $180.4 billion invested into R&D by U.S. industrial firms in 2000 as much as $13.2 billion or 7.3% was for ESTD activities targeted at bringing disruptive new technological innovations to the marketplace.

http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/gcr02-841a/contents.htm