The determinants of research and development intensity in the UK

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The primary purpose of this paper is to discover whether research and development expenditures are related to firm size, market structure and technological influences in the UK. After providing a preliminary analysis of R & D activity, the paper tackles the problem of the rather limited data set. Two approaches are adopted: first, analysing part of the relationship using a broadly based sample, and second, providing data on a more narrowly based sample over three years. The results suggest that firm size and concentration have virtually no influence on R & D intensity in the UK among firms with R & D programmes.

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