TY - JOUR
T1 - Information technology research in the UK
T2 - perspectives on services research and development, and systems of innovation
AU - Howells, Jeremy
AU - Tether, Bruce
AU - Cox, Deborah
AU - Rigby, John
N1 - Funding Information:
An important indication of the overall health and strength of the science base relating to the ITEC fields being discussed and its inter-linkage with industry can be seen in terms of industry funding of universities research in ITEC. As noted earlier, HESA identifies three main cost centres covering the principal ITEC fields: electrical, electronic and computing engineering; IT and systems sciences; and computer software engineering. For HESA purposes ‘industry’ funding covers “all research grants and contract income from industrial and commercial companies and public corporations (defined as publicly owned trading bodies, usually statutory corporations, with substantial degree of financial independence) operating in the UK”.14
Funding Information:
However, the funding pattern in real terms (Figure 1) actually shows a picture of stagnation, with the 1999–2000 figure only marginally above the 1994– 1995 level (it should also be noted, though, that the three funding streams that make up the combined total show different trends). Underlying funding for these research activities comes from a variety of sources, including industrial funding, but also central government monies through the national Higher Education Funding Councils, the Office of Science and Technology, the Research Councils and the European Commission.
PY - 2006/2/1
Y1 - 2006/2/1
N2 - This paper reports on a survey of information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) in the UK, representing around two-thirds of the total population of IT R&D employees in the UK private and public sectors. The firm-level survey identified that the UK is particularly strong in communications R&D, and in the internet, user applications software, middleware, photonic components and microelectronics. More especially, services R&D in theform of systems and software R&D accounted for well over half the total R&D effort within the surveyed IT firms and organisations. The paper concludes by exploring some of the key conceptual and policy issues arising from the research.
AB - This paper reports on a survey of information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) in the UK, representing around two-thirds of the total population of IT R&D employees in the UK private and public sectors. The firm-level survey identified that the UK is particularly strong in communications R&D, and in the internet, user applications software, middleware, photonic components and microelectronics. More especially, services R&D in theform of systems and software R&D accounted for well over half the total R&D effort within the surveyed IT firms and organisations. The paper concludes by exploring some of the key conceptual and policy issues arising from the research.
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U2 - 10.3152/147154306781779172
DO - 10.3152/147154306781779172
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644583522
SN - 0302-3427
VL - 33
SP - 17
EP - 31
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
IS - 1
ER -