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If one had to express the dominant characteristic of the Science and Technology Policy in the 1990s in one word, it most probably would be “change”. At least half of the countries of Europe are attempting a radical re-orientation of their science and technology policies, and the other half are in a process of incremental change of their research systems. Discussing the general reasons for change, however, is not an objective of this work. The main objective here is to present the science and technology system of the United Kingdom and to discuss some of the changes that it has been undergoing during the last four years.
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Data used in this and the next paragraph has been recalculated from: Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology, 1994.
For more data see: Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD, 1994.
For more data see: UK R&D Scoreboard, June 1994.
Data for the last two paragraphs has been re-calculated from: University statistics, 1993-94, Universities’ Statistical Record.
Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD, 1994.
Walker W. (1993) National Innovation Systems: Britain; 158–192; in R.R. Nelson (ed), National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis, Oxford University Press.
Data and recalculations from: Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD, 1994.
Patel P. (forthcoming) Localized Production of Technology for Global Markets; in Cambridge Journal of Economics.
Data source: Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology, 1994.
Data source: Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology, 1994.
Rip A. (1994) The republic of science in the 1990s, Higher Education 28: 3–23.
Data source: Forward Look of Government-funded Science, Engineering and Technology, 1994.
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Nedeva, M. (1995). Science and Technology Policy in the 1990s: The Case of the United Kingdom. In: Parissakis, G., Katsaros, N. (eds) Science Policy and Research Management in the Balkan Countries. NATO ASI Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0107-3_21
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