The impact of Government R&D expenditures on US technology advancement

Author

Winthrop, Capt Michael ; Deckro, Richard F. ; Kloeber, Jack M., Jr.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

Traditionally, the United States has not set a specific National Technology policy like those seen in many other nations. However, the US Government does spend large amounts of money on research and development (R&D) through such agencies as Department of Defense (DoD) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that before 1978, the US Government funded over 50% of all R&D in the United States. By 1996, Government funding for R&D dropped to 33.6% of all R&D in the US. This work investigates the relationship between defense and space expenditures on R&D and national technology advancement in the aerospace industry

Keywords

aerospace industry; economics; government policies; investment; research and development management; Department of Defense; NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Science Foundation; USA; aerospace industry; government R&D expenditures; national technology advancement; research and development; technology advancement; Aerospace industry; Bibliometrics; Economic indicators; Investments; Lifting equipment; Linear regression; NASA; Research and development; Space technology; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808290

Filename

808290