TY  - JOUR
AU  - Feldman,Maryann P.
AU  - Lichtenberg,Frank R.
TI  - The Impact and Organization of Publicly-Funded Research and Development in the European Community
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6040
PY  - 1997
Y2  - May 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6040
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6040.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Maryann Feldman
UNC
E-Mail: Maryann.feldman@unc.edu

Frank R. Lichtenberg
Columbia University
504 Uris Hall
3022 Broadway
New York, NY  10027
Tel: 212/854-4408
Fax: (212) 854-9895
E-Mail: frl1@columbia.edu
AB  - This paper examines R&D activities in the European Community using the Community R&D Information Service (CORDIS) databases. We find that a country's private companies tend to be specialized in the same scientific fields as its universities and public organizations.  In addition, we construct indicators of the degree of R&D tacitness and find that greater expected ability to communicate research outcomes encourages less centralized R&D programs.  Programs that yield tangible results are less geographically and administratively centralized.  The more that research leads to codifiable knowledge, the less centralized R&D activity needs to be.
ER  -