Is the UK's Science Base Performing?

The ability to create a competitive and thriving economy is partly dependent onknowledge production and innovation. So how well is the UK performing in theseimportant areas? To assess the UK’s comparative performance, and gauge how itmight perform in the future, it is a useful exercise to benchmark the performanceof the UK in knowledge production and innovation, against its competitors.The Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) is engaged in a variety ofresearch which looks at the health of the UK’s science base, an important elementof knowledge production and innovation in the UK.In particular, AIM research relating to the performance of the science base revealsa number of important findings in the areas of: science and technology indicatorsof performance; internationalisation of research and development (R&D); thecommercialisation of research; and the relationship between the location of businessR&D activity and university research. These findings reflect on the state of theUK’s science base and thus on its knowledge production and capacity to innovate.[...]