ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
1.1 Total funding of US science by source, 1953–2008
1.2 Growth in federal and private funding of total US R&D, 1968–2008
1.3 Growth in US university funding, 1968–2008
1.4 Private funding of US university research, 1953–2008
1.5 The economics of science (I)
1.6 The economics of science (II)
2.1 Knowledge in a capitalist economy
4.1 Profits/revenues for top 500 US companies, 1970–2005
4.2 US patents granted per year, 1975–2005
4.3 Federal versus private funding as % of total R&D budget
4.4 Receipts of royalties and licence fees
4.5 Annual growth rates for patenting and private funding at US universities
5.1 The transformation of Chinese R&D from URI-led to business-led
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