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The Elements of British Technological Competitiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

P. Patel  and
K. Pavitt
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In this election year of 1987 the state of Britain's technology has remained high on the political agenda. Following the critical report from the House of Lords on civil research and development (1986), the government recently announced changes in its machinery and priorities and expressed concern about British industry's (lack of) funding of R and D compared to the main sources of foreign competition (see HM Government, 1987).

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 122 , November 1987 , pp. 72 - 83
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Copyright © 1987 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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The research for this article has been financed as part of the programme of the Designated Research Centre on Science, Technology and Energy Policy, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. We are grateful to Richard Dickens for help with programming and computing, and to Diana Hicks for helping prepare the information on British companies.

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