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Ministerial Foreword

Lord Paul Drayson

This country’s success ultimately depends on a strong skills base and dynamic R&D both driving an innovative and competitive economy.

Lord Paul Drayson
Minister of State for Science and Innovation

 

About the 2008 R&D Scoreboard

This is the 18th annual edition of the R&D Scoreboard, which is published jointly by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR).

 

Summary

This summary emphasises the main messages of the Scoreboard concerning the Global 1400 and the UK's position in it, the separate UK 850 and the links between R&D and company success.

Endorsers of the R&D Scoreboard

  • www.cia.org.uk
  • www.mta.org.uk
  • www.raeng.org.uk
  • www.engineeringuk.com
  • www.intellectuk.org
  • www.rdsoc.org
  • www.cbi.org.uk
  • www.abi.org.uk
  • www.metcom.org.uk
  • www.eef.org.uk
  • www.eirma.asso.fr
  • www.iod.com
  • www.qcanet.co.uk
  • www.chamberonline.co.uk
  • www.tuc.org.uk
  • www.royalsoc.ac.uk
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  • Ministerial foreword

  • Summary

  • Introduction

    • About the 2008 R&D Scoreboard

    • How is the Scoreboard compiled?

  • The pattern of R&D - an overview

    • Introduction

    • The scale of R&D

    • The sectoral distribution of R&D

    • The concentration of R&D

    • The UK's biggest investors in R&D

    • The global leaders in R&D

  • Key sectoral trends in R&D - a comparison of UK and global performance

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • The scale of R&D expenditure by sector

    • The intensity of R&D - capex and employment

    • Performance: R&D, sales and operating profits

    • Sector summaries

  • The pattern of R&D across different categories of firm in the UK

    • Introduction

    • Summary

    • Differences in R&D between firms by value of sales

    • Differences in R&D between different types of ownership

    • R&D intensity of firms

    • The biggest changes in the UK

  • Business performance and R&D expenditure

  • Appendix A - scope, definitions and limitations of the R&D Scoreboard

    • Scope of the R&D Scoreboard

    • Definitions

    • Sources

    • Limitations

  • Appendix B - Summary for UK850

  • Appendix C - Summary for G1400

  • Sector Summaries

    • Aerospace & Defence

    • Automobiles & Parts

    • Banks

    • Fixed Line & Mobile Telecommunications

    • Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

    • Software & Computer Services

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    • 2003 - Sir Tom McKillop

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