1377.0 - Measures of a knowledge-based economy and society, Australia, 2003  
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CHARACTERISTIC: KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS AND FLOWS

INDICATOR: Proportion of business research and experimental development (R&D) performed overseas

There was an increase in the value of Business sector expenditure on R&D performed overseas in 2002-03 compared to 2001-02.


BUSINESS SECTOR R&D EXPENDITURE BY LOCATION

1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03

$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Overseas
40,722
63,788
77,164
98,284
Within Australia
4,095,938
4,918,770
5,692,533
5,880,330

Total business expenditure
4,136,660
4,982,558
5,769,697
5,978,614

%
%
%
%
Overseas
1.0
1.3
1.3
1.6
Source: ABS Research and Experimental Development, Businesses, Australia (cat. no. 8104.0).


STATISTICAL NOTES

The Australian Standard Research Classification
The Australian Standard Research Classification (ASRC) is the collective name for a set of three related classifications developed for use in the measurement and analysis of research and experimental development (R&D) undertaken in Australia, both in the public and private sectors. It allows the comparison of R&D data between sectors of the Australian economy (e.g. general government, private non-profit organisations, business enterprises and educational institutions). One of the component classifications, Research Fields, Courses and Disciplines, is designed to also allow data collected on higher education courses, units of study and teaching activity to be categorised.

R&D
R&D is defined in accordance with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standard as comprising 'creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications'.

R&D Business survey
The R&D Business survey is conducted annually and collects estimates of Research and Experimental Development expenditure and human resources devoted to R&D by businesses in Australia.

Sectors:
The sector classification used in the compilation of R&D statistics is adapted from the guidelines specified by the OECD for use in the conduct of R&D surveys.

Business sector
This sector includes all businesses whose primary activity is the production of goods or services for sale to the general public at a price intended to cover at least the cost of production, and the private non-profit institutions mainly serving them. The Business sector for the R&D survey excludes businesses mainly engaged in Agriculture, forestry, and fishing (i.e. industries in Division A of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993 (cat. no. 1292.0)), partly because of collection difficulties and partly because such businesses are believed to have very low R&D activity (agricultural R&D activity is generally carried out by specialised research institutes not included in ANZSIC Division A).



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