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Universities in the U.S. National Innovation System
The report provides a variety of basic statistical indicators of R&D effort and identifies recent trends in sources of R&D funding. The report also reviews classic arguments on the appropriate role of government in supporting R&D and the strengths and weaknesses of universities as performers of R&D. The U.S. national innovation system is compared with those in other major industrialized countries.
Link
http://wpcarey.asu.edu/seidman/reports/innovation.pdf