Technology Innovation And Management In The Us Bureau Of The Census

Download or read book Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the portfolio of research and development (R&D) expenditure surveys at the National Science Foundation (NSF), identifying gaps and weaknesses and areas of missing coverage. The report takes an in-depth look at the definition of R&D, the needs and potential uses of NSF's R&D data by a variety of users, the goals of an integrated system of surveys and other data collection activities, and the quality of the data collected in the existing Science Resources Statistics surveys.