Table 4-15. Major U.S. innovations per $10 billion in 

 sales, by size of company, 1953-73 



Size of company 



Period 



1953-59 



1960-66 



1967-73 



Year^ 



1958 



1963 



1967 



' The number of innovatjons can be founcj in Appendix table 4-14. 



' Data on sales and receipts of U.S. manufacturing industries by company size are available only for years 1958, 1963, and 1967. 



SOURCE: Gellman Research Associates, lnc,/n<<ica(orsonn(9rr7af/ona/ Trends /nr8chnotog/ca//nnora(/on. 1975. (Astudy commissioned specifically for 

 tfiis report), and Department of Commerce. Bureau of ttie Census, Enterprise Slatislics. 1963 and 1967. 



Table 4-16. Distribution of major U.S. innovations, by 

 groups of R&D-intensive industries, 1953-73 



R&D intensity 



Period 



1953-73 . 



1953-56 

 1957-60 

 1961-64 

 1965-68 

 1969-73 



1953-73 . 



1953-56 

 1957-60 

 1961-64 

 1965-68 

 1969-73 



277 



182 



66 



29 



NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because of rounding, 



SOURCE: Gellman Research Associates, Inc . Indicators of International Trends in Technological Innovation. 1975. (A 

 study commissioned specifically for this report). 



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