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Business R&D in the ICT sector: examining the European ICT R&D deficit.
- Source :
- Science & Public Policy (SPP); Jul2010, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p413-428, 16p, 5 Charts, 8 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Two data sets are contrasted: country-level data (R&D performed by business in a particular sector and country (BERD) and company-level data (R&D financed by a particular company regardless where R&D investment is performed). About half of the overall EU vs. US R&D gap is in the information and communications technologies (ICT) sector. In turn, this ICT R&D gap has two faces. Country data suggest that the gap is largely intrinsic: the EU displays lower R&D intensities in several sub-sectors, while ICT sector size and composition are quite similar. On the other hand, company data suggest that the gap is instead structural: the sector size and composition of sub-sectors differ greatly, while R&D intensities are similar. One major explanatory factor lies in international flows of R&D and value added. Companies tend to allocate a larger share of their value added and a smaller share of R&D outside their home markets. In the sub-sectors which include much larger and more numerous US companies, these flows are unbalanced, and (BERD) R&D intensities are thus higher in the US than in Europe, everything else being equal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03023427
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Science & Public Policy (SPP)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 51886586
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3152/030234210X508624