New study on European research costs
Over the last two decades research costs have been increasing. Little is known in detail about the underlying drivers of these costs or the trends across different regions, industries, and research fields. Has Europe perhaps become too expensive? Are we losing R&D activities to low cost countries? For the first time, this study examines the drivers, development trends and consequences of increasing research costs in Europe through original data collection, including comprehensive field research, in-depth qualitative case studies, and scenario development. This study addresses the contention that rising research costs are threatening the competitive position of the European economy; the extent to which increases in research costs stem from an expansion of the volume in R&D activity or rising unit prices; and the responses of companies and Public Research Organisations in Europe to growing research costs. This empirical information about the development of the costs of research which has been gathered and analysed aims to enhance understanding of the strategies chosen by public and private R&D performers and the effect of policy actions such as the creation of the European Research Area. Download the summary and full report here: http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=669(opens in new window)
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Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom