The Formation and Analysis of a Longitudinal Data Base on Cooperative Research Arrangements

研究的目的是收集与公司之间合作研究安排有关的广泛的纵向定量信息基础。这些信息将来自(1)对《1984年国家合作研究法案》要求的、由商务部技术商业化办公室维护（但不分析）的合作研究项目的联邦登记文件的分析/评估，以及(2)对1990-1993年每年250家美国制造公司样本的合作研究活动的调查/分析。首席研究员已获得北卡罗莱纳大学格林斯博罗分校布莱恩商学院的同意，在至少五年的时间内维持（每年重新调查）并扩大（每年至少有50家新公司将加入该基地）该项目。该数据库将应要求提供给其他研究人员，将用于查明工业合作研究安排各方面的趋势。该项目将分三个阶段完成：第一阶段将包括分析和评估联邦登记文件的数量，并建立一个有关信息的数据库。第二阶段将包括从250家美国制造公司的样本中收集基于调查的信息，这些信息与1990-1993年每年的年度合作努力（在多个维度上量化）有关，并创建一个纵向数据库。第三阶段是在项目完成后的五年内利用机构资源扩大纵向数据库。

9315753 Link The purpose of the research is to assemble a broad base of longitudinal quantitative information related to collaborative research arrangements between firms. This information will come from (1) an analysis/evaluation of Federal Register filings of cooperative research ventures that are required under the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 and are maintained-but not analyzed--by the Office of Technology Commercialization of the Department of Commerce and (2) survey/analysis of collaborative research activities from a sample of 250 US manufacturing firms for each of the years 1990-1993. The Principal Investigator has received agreement from the Bryan School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to maintain (annually resurvey) and expand (at least 50 new firms will be added to the base each year) the project for at least five years. The data base, which will be available to other researchers upon request, will be used to identify trends in the various dimensions of industrial cooperative research arrangements. The project will be completed in three phases: Phase I will include analysis and evaluation of the population of Federal Register filings and creation of a data base of related information. Phase II will consist of the collection of survey-based information from a sample of 250 U. S. manufacturing firms related to annual collaborative efforts (quantified in a number of dimensions) for each of the years 1990-1993 and the creation of a. longitudinal data base. Phase III represents the expansion of the longitudinal data bases over a five-year period after the project is completed using institutional resources.