Problems of small, high-technology firms

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6501976

Stewart, W L; Friedman, N W

This report is based on a mail survey conducted by NSF near the end of 1977. Of the 13,000 questionnaires mailed to high-technology firms in the United States believed to be engaged in R and D activities, there were 1232 usable responses. The primary criterion for inclusion in the survey was the number of employees of each company in 1976 - fewer than 500 for manufacturing firms and fewer than 100 for nonmanufacturing firms. The survey was followed by a series of in-depth interviews in 1979 of 71 of the participating firms. Various overall industry expenditure and personnel data cited in the text and charts are based on 1971 and 1976 data from the annual NSF survey of research and development in industry. The data are shown to provide perspective on the level of activity in small, high-technology firms relative to all R and D-performing companies. The latest year for which such data are available for small firms is 1976.

• Research Organization: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Science Resources Studies
• OSTI ID: 6501976
• Report Number(s): NSF-81-305; ON: TI84901910
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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