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| 1 Our Competitive Future: Building
the Knowledge Driven Economy (Cm 4176), December 1998 BACK |
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| 2 Progress Review of the early
activities of the Commercialisation Enquiry and
Technology Ventures Initiative: The Final Synthesis
Report. Segal Quince Wickstead BACK |
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| 3 Reserved matters are set out in
Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998. BACK |
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| 4 Cm 4048, Edinburgh: The
Stationery Office BACK |
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| 5 Skills for Scotland: A Skills
Strategy for a Competitive Scotland, The Stationery
Office BACK |
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| 6 Industry-academic links in the UK
(Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology,
University of Manchester) Higher Education Funding
Council for England report December 98/70. BACK |
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| 7 Technology Transfer: The US
Experience. CVCP, February 1999 BACK |
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| 8 Chancellor of the Exchequer 3
November 1998 BACK |
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| 9 Office of Science and Technology,
11 February 1999 BACK |
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| 10 Only universities are eligible
to apply. BACK |
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| 11 Evaluating Entrepreneurship
in Scottish Universities by Dr Geoff Hayward, Oxford
University BACK |
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| 12 In relation to the UK, see
Budget 98: New Ambitions for Britain, Financial Statement
and Budget Report, HM Treasury, March 1998 and Driving
Productivity and Growth in the UK Economy, McKinsey
Global Institute, October 1998. An analysis of Scotland's
relative position is contained in the Economic Review
article in Scottish Economic Bulletin, Number 58, The
Scottish Office, March 1999 BACK |
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| 13 Tables 1 and 2 are not strictly
comparable because, in the latter, the employment
statistics used to calculate the per capita figures are
full-time equivalents derived from the Annual Employment
Survey. BACK |
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| 14 Source: Regional Competitive
Indicators, DTI, February 1999 BACK |
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| 15 This indicator shows the
location of R&D activities but not necessarily where
R&D is exploited. BACK |
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| 16 The definition of "high
technology" is based on that used by the OECD and
includes pharmaceuticals, office machinery and computers,
aerospace, precision instruments and
electrical/electronic engineering (including
telecommunications). BACK |
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