The design and implementation of an R&D Survey - Qatar Statistics ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>design</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> <strong>implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong> R&D<br />
<strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Qatar</strong>i system <strong>of</strong> innovation<br />
Presentation to the <strong>Qatar</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> Authority<br />
Doha, 21 November 2011<br />
Michael Kahn<br />
Research <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Innovation Associates, South Africa<br />
mikejkahn@gmail.com<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>design</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> <strong>implementation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong> R&D<br />
<strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Qatar</strong>i system <strong>of</strong> innovation<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Qatar</strong>i system <strong>of</strong> innovation<br />
2. What <strong>an</strong> R&D <strong>Survey</strong> involves<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> sectors<br />
4. Data issues<br />
5. Metadata issues <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> the QSA
<strong>Qatar</strong> GCI 2010-11
<strong>Qatar</strong> GCI 2010-11
<strong>Qatar</strong> innovation system<br />
EDUCATION<br />
PUBLIC<br />
Cultural-<br />
Political norms<br />
TRAINING<br />
SKILLS DEV<br />
SECTOR<br />
INFORMAL<br />
SECTOR<br />
GOVT. DEPTS<br />
Associations<br />
UNIVERSITIES<br />
INSTITUTES<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
STANDARDS<br />
Regulatory, ethical & legal,<br />
environmental, IPR<br />
NGOs<br />
S.O.E.s<br />
UTILITIES<br />
BUSINESS<br />
S&T SERVICES<br />
ECONOMIC &<br />
FINANCIAL SYSTEM<br />
WORLD SYSTEM
How to measure?<br />
1 Inputs: R&D <strong>Survey</strong>s<br />
– Annual (?) survey as Official <strong>Statistics</strong><br />
2 Inputs: Hum<strong>an</strong> Resource surveys<br />
– Education statistics; Labour force surveys<br />
3 Inputs: equipment<br />
– Sporadic<br />
4 Outcomes: Innovation <strong>Survey</strong>s<br />
– Triennial (?)<br />
5 Outputs: publications; patents; pl<strong>an</strong>t varieties<br />
– USPTO, PCT, Registrars<br />
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Research <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> experimental development<br />
(R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a<br />
systematic basis in order to increase the stock<br />
<strong>of</strong> knowledge, including knowledge <strong>of</strong><br />
m<strong>an</strong>,culture <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> society, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> this<br />
stock <strong>of</strong> knowledge to devise new applications.<br />
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• Long history from 1930s onward<br />
• Linear model + econometric theories =><br />
– OECD Frascati M<strong>an</strong>ual guidelines <strong>of</strong> 1963<br />
– Industrial R&D<br />
– Cold War armoury – assumptions regarding<br />
industrial structure<br />
– Highly successful - Frascati “family” <strong>of</strong> M<strong>an</strong>uals:<br />
• Innovation (Oslo M<strong>an</strong>ual)<br />
• Hum<strong>an</strong> resources (C<strong>an</strong>berra M<strong>an</strong>ual)<br />
• Patent statistics<br />
• Biotechnology
<strong>Survey</strong> scope<br />
• Which org<strong>an</strong>isations do R&D?<br />
• R&D expenditure<br />
• Sources <strong>of</strong> funds<br />
• Fields <strong>of</strong> activity<br />
• Hum<strong>an</strong> resources for R&D<br />
• R&D collaboration<br />
• Location <strong>of</strong> activity<br />
• Intended outputs <strong>of</strong> R&D<br />
GERD:GDP is the sentinel indicator<br />
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What <strong>an</strong> R&D <strong>Survey</strong> covers<br />
University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Qatar</strong><br />
W Cornell<br />
Texas A&M<br />
Carnegie Mellon<br />
U Calgary <strong>Qatar</strong><br />
Virginia Comm U<br />
<strong>Qatar</strong> Research Institutes<br />
Sidra Medical Research<br />
<strong>The</strong> Queen Medical Research<br />
Shatallah Centre<br />
Hamad Medical Corporation<br />
OGI ???<br />
<strong>Qatar</strong> S&T Park<br />
Aspetar Hospital<br />
Aquamed<br />
Fikra<br />
+ Fin<strong>an</strong>cial Services ?????<br />
Tr<strong>an</strong>sport Research Lab<br />
+ ??
Measuring R&D<br />
• Three sectors: business, government,<br />
universities<br />
• Formal reporting on R&D?<br />
• R&D <strong>Survey</strong><br />
– Census vs purposive<br />
– Sources <strong>of</strong> information<br />
– Bottom up approach<br />
– Special problems <strong>of</strong> sectors<br />
– Issues for emerging <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> developing countries<br />
• UIS Technical Guide 5<br />
• OECD Frascati M<strong>an</strong>ual online Annex
Doctorates<br />
<strong>Qatar</strong>i Foreign<br />
Male Female Male Female Total<br />
Masters/Hons<br />
/Bachelors or<br />
equivalent<br />
Diplomas <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />
other<br />
Total
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