Title :
Funds for Research and Development Performance in American Industry, 1958: A Preliminary Report
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;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/IRET-EM.1960.5007551
