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Globalisation, Technology and Wage Inequality, 1870-1970
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the originating project was to increase understanding of the past and possible future impact of increased international trade, mobility and investment on:
i) Differences in income levels between countries (divergence or convergence, and - if convergence - levelling up or levelling down)
ii)...
Docquets of Lord Keeper Coventry, 1625-1640
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to provide a calendar of all items in the Birmingham Reference Library's collection of the official papers of the Lord Keeper Thomas Coventry for use alongside Public Record Office sources for Chancery activities, and as a finding aid for individuals and grants within the Patent...
OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators, 1981-2019
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Main Science and Technology Indicators database contains 151 main data series selected from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Scientific and Technological Indicators database for 30 OECD member countries and nine non-member countries. The majority of these series...
Eurostat New Cronos, 1950-2060
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Eurostat database (previously known as Eurostat New Cronos) contains high quality macroeconomic and social statistics time series data from 1960 onwards for European Union (EU) Member states and in many cases EU membership candidate countries. The data are monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual data,...
Measures of Innovatory Activity : UK and Other Countries, 1945-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.An assessment of the innovatory performance of UK industries in order to establish whether there was hard evidence of a link between this and UK trade performance.Main Topics:Variables
Innovations produced (UK only); innovations used (UK only); patents granted in the USA (international); Research and...
Scientific Career Transitions: from Public to Private Sector Science, 2004-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A great deal of debate has taken place in recent years about the changing nature of knowledge production and the increased commercialisation of science. This study focused on research scientists who had moved between public and private sector contexts. In particular, the following groups were examined:...
OECD Environment Statistics, 1950-2020
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The OECD Environment Statistics contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The dataset covers OECD countries as well as BRIICS economies, and selected countries when possible.
Within UKDS.Stat, the OECD Environment...
Benefits and Costs of Knowledge and Technology Transfer: a Panel Data Analysis, 1985-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Benefits and Costs of Knowledge and Technology Transfer: a Panel Data Analysis, 1985-2007 aimed to create a dataset that would enable researchers to document and analyse quantitatively the evolution of research output, knowledge and technology transfer measures in the UK. In particular the researchers...
Product Market Competition, Technology and Productivity, 1996-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study formed part of the pan-European Science and Technology Research In a Knowledge-based Economy (STRIKE) project. The UK research focused on the impact of changes in the extent of competition on innovation, technology transfer and productivity, and how these are affected by other institutional...
Higher Education Institution Knowledge and its Impact on Regional Competitiveness, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project focused on a regional comparison of university knowledge flows to the business community and other institutions both within and external to the region in which particular universities are based. It analyses the impact of university knowledge in relation to the type of knowledge, the flow...
World Bank Africa Development Indicators, 1960-2011
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The World Bank Africa Development Indicators (ADI) provided annual time series data for over 1,400 indicators. No further updates of this database are currently planned. Topics covered by the extensive database include national accounts, balance of payments, trade, prices, government finance and external...
Public Attitudes to Genomics: Vignette Studies, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.These vignette studies form part of a wider project to provide a basic understanding of current attitudes among the public towards a range of new genetic technologies. Public attitudes and behaviour toward developments in this area of science are likely to be conditional, at least in part, upon...
OECD Patent Statistics, 1976-2016
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Patent Statistics are presented in the following tables:
Indicators of international co-operation.
This dataset presents statistics on Indicators of international co-operation in patents (EPO, USPTO and PCT): where EPO stands for European...
Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, 2010: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, 2010: Secure Access dataset includes details on applications to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for patents, designs and trade marks by businesses or individuals.
The patent file holds the main information for all patents in Great Britain attained through the...
Cross border acquisitions of UK biotechs, 2011
In-depth interviews of dyads in cross border acquisitions of UK biotechs. Interviews took place in 2011 with key decision makers in the target firms and acquiring firms. Data was gathered from the target firms on their proprietary technology, their capabilities and the motivation for the sale of the company. Data was gathered from the acquiring firms on their proprietary...
Using intellectual property protection to capture value from innovation in knowledge intensive service firms
Firms employ a variety of means to protect their Intellectual Property (IP), including formal methods (eg patents, trademarks, copyrights), contractual agreements (confidentiality agreements and employment contracts) and informal methods (eg secrecy and lead time advantages). However, little is known about the ways in which Knowledge-intensive Business Service (KIBS) firms,...
Survey of Employment of Former Postgraduate Students, 1966
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is part of a study which endeavours to answer two questions: what are the purposes of postgraduate education and its value to society, and how is postgraduate education organised in relation to these purposes.Main Topics:Amount and type of both educational and occupational 'success' experienced by...
Survey of University-Firm Interactions and Innovation: a Comparison of the North West, East of England and Wales, 2002-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the research was to develop a deeper empirically based understanding of the impacts of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the innovativeness and competitiveness of regional economies. The research gathered new data and metrics on regional university-industry links as it relates to research...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Survey of Knowledge Exchange Activity with Universities by United Kingdom Companies, 2017-2021
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Cambridge Centre for Business Research Survey of Knowledge Exchange Activity with Universities by United Kingdom Companies, 2017-2021 contains the results of an online survey of directors of UK companies in 2020-2021.The survey was designed to assess the extent and nature of the knowledge...
Research commercialisation in Europe: a matter of governance of university TTOs
The project is a study into the various models of organisation and management of Technology Transfer Offices at universities in Europe. We found that different models may have their influence on the technology transfer of patents and research results.An international survey was organised to collect data about their involvement with research commercialisation from individual...
Success of Slovenian independent innovators
The purpose of this study was to explore problems of the independent innovators which are also at the international level relatively little studied. Information were gathered by personal interviews with individual innovators and by focus group where, besides innovators, also representatives of some important state institutions which are responsible or have influence on...
Success of Slovenian independent innovators
The purpose of this study was to explore problems of the independent innovators which are also at the international level relatively little studied. Information were gathered by personal interviews with individual innovators and by focus group where, besides innovators, also representatives of some important state institutions which are responsible or have influence on...
Human Resource Management and Performance in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project investigated whether investing in 'progressive' human resources (HR) practices appears to pay dividends in terms of corporate performance for small firms in the sectors the project covered. However, the degree to which this is true, and the size and significance of the effect, will...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Computer Survey Dataset, 1990-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The computer industry, which includes the production of hardware, software and services, is one of the UK's most important 'high-technology' industries, employing 220,000 workers in 1995. Yet during the 1990s, UK computer firms have been facing intense competitive pressures and rapidly changing technology...
Art and Industry in the Eighteenth Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The general purpose of the project was to identify a shift from the mid-eighteenth century in the connections between art and manufacture in England, and to plot the emergence of a distinctive style and range of new English consumer goods. Specifically, the project was intended to produce a case study of...
Knowledge Production and Collaboration in the Life Sciences: Interviews with Scientists in Industry, Universities and the National Health Service, 2005-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative dataset.
This study examined the human behaviour underpinning collaboration in the life sciences. It focused on collaboration between universities and industries; and regional collaboration. It sought to explain the incidence of knowledge production in terms of individual career...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research National Survey of Knowledge Exchange Activity by United Kingdom Academics, 2012-2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Cambridge Centre for Business Research National Survey of Knowledge Exchange Activity by United Kingdom Academics, 2012-2015 collected information on how UK academics in all universities and all disciplines interacted with private, public and charitable organisations in the three calendar years (2012,...
Implementation and secondary pharmaceutical patenting: Patent data
These are the data for two published articles, “Drug patenting in India: looking back and looking forward” (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery [NRDD], 2015) and "TRIPS implementation and secondary pharmaceutical patenting in Brazil and India" (Studies in Comparative International Development [SCID], 2015). The NRDD dataset includes the new drug application number, drug approval...
OECD Regional Statistics, 1980-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The OECD Regional Statistics provides a unique set of comparable statistics and indicators for over 2000 regions in 30 countries. It comprises annual time-series for around 40 indicators of demography, economic accounts, labour market, social and innovation themes in the OECD member countries.
These data...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Survey of British and Japanese Entrepreneurs and their Businesses, 2000-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The dataset is a collection of survey records from two surveys, one in Great Britain and one in Japan conducted in 2000 and 2002 respectively. The surveys focused on the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of high technology businesses and their entrepreneurial behaviour.
Its main objectives were: to...