| A Short
Engineering & Research Industry Glossary |
i |
| Introduction |
1 |
| How
To Use This Book |
3 |
| Chapter
1: Major Trends Affecting the Engineering & Research
Industry |
7 |
| |
1) Introduction
to the Engineering & Research Industry |
7 |
| |
2) A Short History of U.S. Industrial
Research & Development |
8 |
| |
3) Venture Capital Picks Up
Again, Funding Research and Innovation |
9 |
| |
4) R&D in China Becomes
a Major Factor |
9 |
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5) Offshoring of Research, Development
& Engineering Is Growing in Many
Nations
other than China |
10 |
| |
6) Original Design Manufacturing
(ODM) Booms |
11 |
| |
7) Blue Sky Research and Inventing
in Small Labs |
11 |
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8) The State of the Biotechnology
Industry Today |
12 |
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9) Investors Lay Bets on Biotech
Despite Risky Business |
13 |
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10) Emphasis on R&D in Nanotechnology |
13 |
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11) Nanotechnology Funding Soars |
14 |
| |
12) Nanotechnology and Information
Technologies Converge with Biotech |
14 |
| |
13) Globalization and Worldwide
Collaboration Fuel the Research Efforts of
Major
Corporations |
14 |
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14) Continued Growth in Research
Partnerships Between Corporations and
Universities |
15 |
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15) Growth in Defense Research
Post 9/11 |
15 |
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16) Number of Patent Applications
Soars |
16 |
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17) Growth in the Automation
of Research and Design |
17 |
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18) Governments Encourage Alternative
Fuels and Conservation R&D |
17 |
| Chapter 2: Engineering
and Research Industry Statistics |
21 |
| |
U.S. Engineering and Research
Industry Overview |
22 |
| |
Employment in R&D and Engineering
Services Companies and Testing Laboratories, U.S.: 1995-2004 |
23 |
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Federal R&D Funding, by
Budget Function, U.S.: 2000-2005 |
24 |
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Federal Funding for Research,
by Selected Agency, U.S.: 1990-2004 |
25 |
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Federal R&D Funding for
National Defense, U.S.: 2003-2005 |
26 |
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Federal R&D Funding for
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, by Budget Function:
2003-2005 |
27 |
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Federal Funding for Research,
by Field of Science and Engineering, U.S.: 2002-2004 |
28 |
| |
Federal Funding for Research,
Development and R&D Plant, by Character of Work, U.S.:
1990-2004 |
29 |
| |
U.S. Department of Energy Funding
for Scientific Research: 2004-2006 |
30 |
| |
Biopharmaceutical Industry Investment
in R&D, U.S.: 1980-2004 |
31 |
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Domestic Biopharmaceutical R&D
and R&D Abroad, PhRMA Member Companies, U.S.: 1970-2004 |
32 |
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R&D as a Percentage of U.S.
Biopharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1975-2004 |
33 |
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Biopharmaceutical R&D Expenditures
and NIH Budget, U.S.: 1995-2004 |
34 |
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The U.S. Drug Discovery, Development
and Approval Process |
35 |
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Top Ten Private Sector Patent
Recipients, U.S., 2004 |
36 |
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Top Ten Patenting U.S. Universities,
2004 |
37 |
| Chapter
3: Important Engineering & Research Industry Contacts |
39 |
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Addresses, Telephone Numbers
and World Wide Web Sites |
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| Chapter
4: THE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 375: |
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Who They Are and How They Were
Chosen |
67 |
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Industry List, With Codes |
68 |
| |
Index of Rankings Within Industry
Groups |
70 |
| |
Alphabetical Index |
81 |
| |
Geographic Indexes |
|
| |
Index of Headquarters Location
by U.S. State |
84 |
| |
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters
Location by Country |
87 |
| |
Index by Regions of the U.S.
Where THE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 375 Have Locations |
89 |
| |
Index by Firms with Operations
Outside the U.S. |
101 |
|
Individual Profiles on each of THE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH
375 |
105 |
| Additional Indexes |
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Index of Hot Spots for Advancement
for Women/Minorities |
492 |
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Index by Subsidiaries,
Brand Names and Selected Affiliations |
493 |
