TY - JOUR
T1 - EU-US differences in the size of R&D intensive firms: Do they explain the overall R&D intensity gap?
AU - Ortega-Argilés, R.
AU - Brandsma, Andries
PY - 2010/7/1
Y1 - 2010/7/1
N2 - The average firm size of the top R&D investors among US-based companies is smaller than that of the EU-based firms. Does this help to explain why the US has a greater R&D intensity, or is the greater firm size in the EU, just as its lower R&D intensity, determined by the sectors in which the top R&D investors are operating? Using data from the 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, the size differential between EU and US R&D performers is more closely examined. Despite great differences between sectors, the overall distribution of R&D investments by companies in both economies is remarkably similar, as opposed to the distribution of the R&D/sales ratios.
AB - The average firm size of the top R&D investors among US-based companies is smaller than that of the EU-based firms. Does this help to explain why the US has a greater R&D intensity, or is the greater firm size in the EU, just as its lower R&D intensity, determined by the sectors in which the top R&D investors are operating? Using data from the 2006 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, the size differential between EU and US R&D performers is more closely examined. Despite great differences between sectors, the overall distribution of R&D investments by companies in both economies is remarkably similar, as opposed to the distribution of the R&D/sales ratios.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77954856317
U2 - 10.3152/030234210X508633
DO - 10.3152/030234210X508633
M3 - Article
SN - 0302-3427
VL - 37
SP - 429
EP - 441
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
IS - 6
ER -
