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Science into growth: international comparisons

A letter advising the Prime Minister on how other countries are using science and technology to help their economies.

• From: Council for Science and Technology
• Published: 5 March 2012

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International comparisons in the translation of science into growth

Ref: BIS/12/1045

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A letter from the Council for Science and Technology (CST) to the Prime Minister about how other countries are funding and supporting science to make their economies stronger. The council concludes that the UK should look at:

• building stronger relationships with major inward research and development investors
• using procurement to pull innovations through to market
• building innovation into wider national and local strategies
• extending opportunities for entrepreneurship in universities

Published 5 March 2012