Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development

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"...This edition reflects probably one of the most substantial revisions of the original manual that have been carried out to date. It goes into a great level of detail to provide basic principles and practical suggestions on how to deal with the increasingly complex research and innovation landscape faced by today’s economies and the defining features of different sectors. Among its many novelties, this manual pays specific attention to the relentless process of R&D globalisation and the increasing variety of arrangements by which R&D is funded and performed within and across sectoral boundaries.

The Frascati Manual is not only a standard for R&D data collection in OECD member countries. As a result of initiatives by the OECD, UNESCO, the European Union and various regional organisations, it has become a standard for R&D measurement worldwide. It is also a recognised standard in other statistical domains, such as in education and trade statistics. Most notably, with the 2008 revision of the System of National Accounts, the Frascati Manual’s definitions and data were adopted as the basis upon which to treat for the first time expenditures on R&D as a capital formation activity, i.e. investment..." Ver más

Referencia Bibliográfica

OECD (2015), Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development, The Measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities, OECD Publishing, Paris. DOI