U.S. R&D, 1975-1998: A New Dataset
I.P.L. Png, "U.S. R&D, 1975-1998: A New Dataset", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 40 no. 5, May 2019, 715-735.
35 Pages Posted: 7 Aug 2019
Date Written: September 1, 2018
Abstract
Here, I document the governing copyright law and process of digitizing print records with specific application to the Jaques Cattell directories of U.S. R&D. This novel dataset covers 2805 companies with 8525 facilities, including location, reporting line within the organization, numbers of professional staff and technicians, and R&D fields over the years 1975-98. The dataset includes a match to the Compustat identifier, gvkey. As an illustration, I use the new dataset to investigate the effect of organization structure on innovation. By contrast with previous research based on smaller samples, I find no significant relation between organization structure and innovation.
Keywords: R&D, U.S.
JEL Classification: O32
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