Research data

The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:

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Research data: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

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2016 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: main analysis report 2013/14

Performance of research and development is aimed at creating new knowledge, products and processes. The National Survey of Research and Expe...

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2015 Multinational corporations as channels for international technology transfer: evidence from the South African innovation survey

In this article, we investigate the importance of South African subsidiaries of foreign multinationals as channels to introduce foreign inno...

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2015 National survey of research and experimental development: main analysis report 2012/13

Having increased GERD in both 2011/12 and 2012/13, South Africa seems to have followed the general pattern of recovering global R&D expendit...

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2015 South African national survey of research and experimental development: statistical report 2012/13

The 2012/13 GERD results suggest that the decline in investment in Research and Development from 2009/10, has been arrested. South Africa h...

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