How can we best establish which UK research and technology organisations are undertaking work for overseas companies, and which have operations outside of the UK?
Background
The world’s production capability across different sectors may be best understood in terms of global supply chains, for example as R&D takes place in one country and manufacturing in another. Further evidence should inform classification of sectors, measurement of value-addition, and challenge assumptions in our understanding of supply chains.
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Promoting the roles of R&D service firms in the innovation system
R&D service firms offer specialised R&D services to other parts of the economy. They are a key source of external knowledge for other businesses. Firms operating in the UK R&D service sector rose from 2,642 i...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially answers the question by exploring the roles of R&D service firms in the UK economy and their innovation process, but does not specifically address how to establish which UK research and technology organizations are undertaking work for overseas companies and have operations outside of the UK.