Research Catalog

Title

Measuring R&D in the Services [electronic resource] / Alison Young

Author

Young, Alison.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1996.

Details

Description

47 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

The aim of this paper is to identify the main problems of comparison between countries and over time of the data on R&D performed in the services industries collected by Member countries and reported to OECD, given the recent rapid growth in their share of total R&D expenditures in the business enterprise sector.The degree to which national R&D surveys cover the service industries varies considerably. Some have made substantial efforts to extend this coverage recently in response both to national policy needs and to the implementation the revised OECD R&D questionnaire, notably concerning the computer services industry/software R&D. The coverage and classification of special R&D institutes continues to vary between countries. The coverage and quality of the data is clearly improving but considerable further progress will be needed before the R&D statistics for service industries can be used for integrated economic studies.Despite these variations in coverage, the data already ...

Series Statement

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.1996/07

Uniform Title

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, no.1996/07.

Subject

Science and Technology

LCCN

10.1787/686633754184

OCLC

oecd-lib-000943

Author

Young, Alison.

Title

Measuring R&D in the Services [electronic resource] / Alison Young

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1996.

Series

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.1996/07

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 1815-1965 ; no.1996/07.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/686633754184

Indexed Term

Science and Technology

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/686633754184 doi