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Measuring Innovation in European Industry.
- Source :
- International Journal of the Economics of Business; Nov98, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p311-333, 23p, 1 Chart, 14 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the results of the 1993 Community Innovation Survey (CIS). Fifty per cent of European firms introduced a product or process innovation during 1990-92. The share of innovating firms varies between industrial sectors and firm size. The percentage of innovating firms is higher for large firms than for smaller ones. In high-tech sectors this share is two thirds and for traditional ones is one third. The largest part of firms' expenditure for innovation is linked to the adoption and diffusion of technologies through machinery and equipment, which absorbs 50% of firms' innovation expenditure. R&D activities represent, on average, 20% of total innovation expenditure while other innovative activities, such as design and trial production, account respectively for 10% and 11%. The mix of innovation inputs, especially R&D and investment, is strongly correlated with firm size, displays little change across countries and varies greatly across industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INDUSTRIES
TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
INDUSTRIAL surveys
INDUSTRIAL policy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13571516
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of the Economics of Business
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1200647
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13571519884413