The paper presents new evidence on the practice of industrial research and development (R&D), specifically the allocation between learning and internal research, and the role of outside knowledge, as represented by R&D spillovers in reshaping this allocation.
The paper studies the influence of research and development in the federal laboratory system Results are based on a sample of 220 industrial research laboratories that work with a variety of
federal laboratories and agencies and are owned by 115 firms in the chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment, and motor vehicles industries.
The report finds that federal funding for research and development of counter terrorism has increased substantially following the Sept.11 attacks. The report reviews budget and coordination issues of the Department of Homeland Security.
The author surveys evidence on the "funding gap" for research and development (R&D). The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment in R&D that persist even in the absence of externality-induced underinvestment.
The report proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing how differences in national research and development (R&D) stocks can impact a firms decision to internationalize its R&D activities. A central finding is that the integration of product markets can generate an added incentive to undertake R&D abroad.
The report examines the performance of acquirers of 160 biotechnology firms and finds evidence that generally, the acquirers realize significant positive returns, which is positively correlated with the acquirers access to information about the research and development activities.
Using matched employer-employee longitudal data, the paper analyzes determinants of firm research and development (R&D), and in particular the impact of competition on R&D. Results indicate that competition is likely to contract from R&D expenditures.
A two-stage duopoly model with a research and development (R&D) stage and a technological spillovers and a pricing stage is used to examine the impact of R&D cooperation on prices in experimental duopoly markets. The report concludes that for both spillover levels, the prices are higher in periods where R&D contracts are committed to.
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 report finds that gaining an understanding of the real and potential economic impact of government investments in research and development has suffered for decades from a lack of rigorous but broadly applicable methodologies for the assessment. The report provides overall guidelines for assessing the economic impacts of technology research program and a review of alternative analytical frameworks, data collection strategies, metrics and impact measures.