North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2017 Version 2.0

642 - Research and experimental development services

This group comprises research and experimental development services in natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical and health sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences, social sciences, and humanities and the arts. Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systemic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge. The term R&D refers to three types of activity: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Basic research refers to experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarly to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research refers to original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarly towards a specific, pratical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

64241 - Research and experimental developmental services in social sciences

This class comprises research and experimental development services in social sciences. Social sciences refers to disciplines concerned with the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

642412 - Research and experimental developmental services in economics and business

This subclass comprises research and experimental services in disciplines concerned with the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans such as economics and business. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

• Exclusion(s)

  • economic consulting services (See 7751311 Economic consulting services)
  • market research services (See 7761321 Marketing research services)

6424121 - Research and experimental developmental services in economics and business

Research and experimental developmental services in disciplines concerned with the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans such as economics and business or administration. Research services consist of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development services consist of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • research and experimental development services in consumer-oriented product or service development
  • research and experimental development services in ecological economics
  • research and experimental development services in econometric and statistical methods
  • research and experimental development services in financial accounting
  • research and experimental development services in health economics
  • research and experimental development services in industry economics and industrial organisation
  • research and experimental development services in international economics and international finance
  • research and experimental development services in labour economics
  • research and experimental development services in logistics and supply chain management
  • research and experimental development services in management accounting
  • research and experimental development services in taxation accounting
  • research and experimental development services in transport economics

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• Exclusion(s)

  • economic consulting services (See 7751311 Economic consulting services)
  • economic geography (See 6424141 Research and experimental developmental services in sociology)
  • market research services (See 7761321 Marketing research services)
  • private policing and security services (See 6424141 Research and experimental developmental services in sociology)
  • social impacts of marketing (See 6424181 Research and experimental developmental services in media and communications)
  • tourism geography (See 6424141 Research and experimental developmental services in sociology)
  • tourism policy (See 6424141 Research and experimental developmental services in sociology)