The pattern of R&D across different categories of firm in the UK
Introduction
This section analyses the pattern of R&D expenditure across different categories of firms in the UK, and, where relevant, globally. It starts by summarising the recent pattern of investment in R&D and other key business performance metrics by category of firm across the UK1000 and examines changes since the previous year’s figures. It examines firms by sales, compares listed and unlisted firms, and UK-owned and foreign-owned firms. Finally, this section examines the characteristics of the most R&D intensive businesses and identifies those in the UK1000 that have most increased or reduced their R&D investments in 2008.
