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PDF The impact of innovation on labour productivity growth in European industries
The paper investigates the different patterns of technological change that can be identified through the use of the detailed data… Show more provided by innovation surveys at the sectoral level for major European countries, exploring the effects on labour productivity, employment and other performance indicators. Show less
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PDF R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe: What do we know about them?
This paper typifies different groups of EU R&D-intensive SMEs according to their inputs into the innovation process. The results show… Show more that diversity between clusters calls for a more careful understanding of their characteristics before developing measures to support R&D-intensive SMEs. Show less
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PDF The 2009 Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends
This document presents the findings of the fifth survey on trends in business R&D investment. These are based on the… Show more responses from 185 EU-based Scoreboard companies, reporesenting an R&D investment of almost € 48 billion (over one third of the total R&D of the 1000 EU Scoreboard companies). The main findings are as follows: The companies' R&D investment is expected to grow by 2% annually over 2010-12, half the amount expected according to last year's survey, reflecting the ongoing effects of the economic crisis. More than half of the respondents made changes to the management of their R&D investments as a result of the economic crisis. Around 40% of the respondents said there was no change. The companies, all EU-based, invest around one fourth of their R&D outside (mainly the US and Canada (around 12%), followed by India (3.1%), China (2.4%), other European countries (2.1%), Japan (1.9%) and the Rest of the World). They expect strong R&D investment increases outside the EU, especially in China and India. The resulting R&D investment outflow implies sustained but smooth changes in R&D investment shares in world regions. Tax incentives appear to be particularly important for high R&D intensive companies. With respect to last year's survey, these companies also attach a great deal of importance to regulatory intervention to improve product markets and framework conditions, aligning their views with the rest of the sectors. European Technology Platforms appear to be more relevant to low R&D intensity sectors. R&D is the most important component of innovation for the companies which invest most in R&D. In low R&D intensity sectors, greater increases in innovation investments are expected. Show less
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PDF The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in November 2009, presents information on 2000 companies from around the world… Show more reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere. Show less