Investments in Infratechnology as an Indicator of Technological Advancement: An Exploratory Study

基础设施投资作为技术进步的指标：一项探索性研究

• 批准号: 9012402
• 负责人: Albert Link
• 金额: $ 1.77万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina Greensboro
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-06-01 至 1991-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9012402&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investments; Infratechnology; Indicator; Technological; Advancement

The purpose of this exploratory study is to develop time series data on aggregate investments in infratechnology in the U.S. and to evaluate the statistical relationship between these investments and various indices of technological advancement. In general, changes in research and development (R&D) expenditures-- which capture direct investments into the scientific base, generic technologies and proprietary technologies--have long been viewed as an important indicator of the technological health of our economy. The efficiency of conducting R&D, however, depends heavily on investments in infratechnologies, which consist of nonproprietary measurement and test methods, procedures, and data that support an industry's internal R&D, production and marketing activities. As such, data on aggregate investments in infratechnology could represent an important new indicator of the Nation's technological advancement. This project thereby could contribute to the Foundation's responsibility to provide for the collection and interpretation of data on scientific and engineering resources.

这项探索性研究的目的是开发美国基础设施总投资的时间序列数据，并评估这些投资与各种技术进步指数之间的统计关系。 总体而言，研发（R＆D）支出的变化（包括对科学基础、通用技术和专有技术的直接投资）长期以来一直被视为我们经济技术健康状况的重要指标。 然而，研发的效率在很大程度上取决于对基础技术的投资，其中包括支持行业内部研发、生产和营销活动的非专有测量和测试方法、程序和数据。 因此，基础设施总投资数据可以代表国家技术进步的重要新指标。 因此，该项目可以有助于基金会承担收集和解释科学和工程资源数据的责任。