• DocumentCode
    946298
  • Title

    Funds for Research and Development Performance in American Industry, 1958: A Preliminary Report

  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1960
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    113
  • Abstract
    Surveys of spending for Research and Development have been undertaken by the Office of Special Studies, National Science Foundation, for several years. In this report, the latest figures on industrial R and D spending are presented for 1958. Comparisons between 1953 and 1958 indicate an increase of 229 per cent in federally financed R and D, 64 per cent in company financed R and D, and a total increase of 128 per cent. Basic research in industry has increased 96 per cent.
  • Keywords
    Business; Data security; Defense industry; Educational institutions; Government; Industrial economics; Printing; Research and development; Stability; Statistical distributions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2252
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007551
  • Filename
    5007551