U.S. R&D data (Cattell directories)

Abstract

<p>This novel dataset, digitized from the Jaques Cattell directories of U.S. R&D, covers 2805 companies with 8525 facilities, including location, reporting line within the organization, numbers of professional staff and technicians, and R&D fields over the years 1975-98. The dataset includes a match to the Compustat identifier, gvkey. </p> <p> <strong>For more details on this dataset, please visit</strong> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/iplpng/research/stata">https://sites.google.com/site/iplpng/research/stata</a>. </p>