r&d

The statistical report from the National Science Foundation includes 112 tables reporting federal research and development obligations for fiscal years 2001-03.

The biennial report of the National Science Board indicates that the U.S. now ranks 17th among nations surveyed in the proportion of its 18- to 24-year-olds earning natural science and engineering degrees. In 1975, the U.S. ranked third. State indicators are presented in 25 tables across six categories.

The info brief from the National Science Foundation reports that industrial research expenditures in the U.S. had a record single-year decline in 2002. An inflation-adjusted decline of $8.6 billion was the largest-ever reported since the survey began in 1953.

The report from the RAND Corporation assesses the federal government’s investment in the research and development (R&D) being conducted at the nation’s universities and colleges. According to the report, R&D has grown considerably in recent
years and represents a pivotal part of the U.S. innovation system.

The report from the National Bureau of Economic Research develops a model to analyze patent-protected research and development (R&D) investment projects when there is competition in the development and marketing of the resulting product. Implementation of the model shows that competition in R&D not only increases production and reduces prices, but also shortens the time of developing the product and increases the probability of successful development.

The analysis found Oklahoma improved from 43rd in the U.S. in per capita income in 2000 to 40th in 2002. In the same time period, Oklahoma improved from 41st to 31st in the nation in university research and development (R&D), and from 30th to 28th in federal R&D.

The study examines the effect of research and development (R&D) subsidies on the private funding of R&D in France. The author addresses this issue from the annual R&D survey over 1985-1997, which provides information about the R&D subsidies given by all the ministries to the firms having at least one full-time person working on R&D.

Based upon field studies, the authors show that knowledge sharing mechanisms have a different value for industrial research practices. Therefore, knowledge management in R&D should facilitate and stimulate a broad portfolio of knowledge sharing mechanisms.

The 2001 survey of industrial research and development (R&D) expenditures from the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that company funding of R&D totaled $181.6 billion in 2001. Before adjusting for inflation, the amount is up from the 2000 total of $180.4 billion. In constant dollars, industrial R&D expenditures declined less than one percent.

The author presents an endogenous growth model that studies the effects of local inter-industry and intra-industry knowledge spillovers in R&D on the allocation of economic activities between two regions.