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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

Globalization of Science and Engineering Research: A Companion to Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 [19 February 2010]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb1003/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb1003/pdf/nsb1003.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

See also

Science and Engineering Indicators: 2010

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/

[excerpt]

Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 provides clear evidence that science and engineering (S&E) research is becoming an increasingly international endeavor. S&E activities are occurring and intensifying in more regions and economies, largely in response to recognition by governments that S&E research and development (R&D) leads to economic growth, employment, and overall social well-being of their citizens. Figure 1 illustrates the changes in percentage of worldwide R&D expenditures (combined public and private) by geographical location over the last decade. While total worldwide expenditures have increased about seven percent per year on average, the percent growth in the Asia/Pacific region has outpaced this average, with most of the increase coming from China, India and other developing nations.

Includes numerous CHARTS....

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