[PDF] Top 20 Statistics in focus Science and technology High Technology: Enterprises and trade 2005 9

... Among Member States, the United Kingdom had the highest number, with 143 000 such enterprises, followed by Italy (98 000), Germany (53 000) and France (46 000). In fact, these four countries accounted for about ... See full document

... Value added is an important indicator for measuring economic output and shows the value added to a service (or product) by companies before it is offered on the market (see methodological notes on page 7). Although the ... See full document

... in high-tech KIS grew at an annual rate of ...and 2005. The situation was less diversified across countries in high-tech KIS than in high-tech ...in high-tech KIS decreased in only six ... See full document

... in Science, mathematics and computing (with the exception of ...in 2005 the number of graduates with a tertiary degree from Engineering fields outnumbered the number of graduates with a tertiary degree from ... See full document

... +ΛϑΚΟ∴ ΗΓΞΦ∆ΩΗΓ ΦΛΩΛ]ΗΘς ΡΥ ΩΚΡςΗ ∆ϑΗΓ ΕΗΩΖΗΗΘ 25 ∆ΘΓ 34 ΞςΗ ΩΚΗ ΛΘΩΗΥΘΗΩ ΩΚΗ ΠΡςΩ ΩΡ ΛΘΩΗΥ∆ΦΩ ΖΛΩΚ ΣΞΕΟΛΦ ∆ΞΩΚΡΥΛΩΛΗς 6ΩΞΓΗΘΩς ΛΘ ςΩΡΘΛ∆ ∆ΘΓ /ΛΩΚΞ∆ΘΛ∆ ΖΗΥΗ Σ∆ΥΩΛΦΞΟ∆ΥΟ∴ ΣΡΡΥΟ∴ ΥΗΣΥΗςΗΘΩ[r] ... See full document

... their high specialisation and relatively low numbers; it constitutes one of the most efficient vehicles for the transmission of knowledge; and it is an increasingly important requirement for the development of ... See full document

... In the field of R&D, the government sector includes: all departments, offices and other bodies which furnish but normally do not sell to the community those common services, other than higher education, which cannot ... See full document

... In 2005, only one single raw database – mainly compiled based on input from the European Patent Office (EPO), the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) – was used to produce ... See full document

... in high-tech sectors; these were all new Member States from the 2004 and 2007 ...than 9 million people were employed in the EU high-tech sectors, while the employment figure for all sectors of ... See full document

... On the basis of a comparison with the same quarter of a year before, working day adjusted sales volumes in the second quarter of 2005 rose by 2.4 % in the EU-25 for textile, clothing, footwear and leather ... See full document

... of 9 of the 23 countries for which data were available preferred Spain as their main destination, with percentages ranging between 36% for Portugal and 12% for ... See full document

... Internet presence is a condition for selling over the Web. Graph 5 below links the percentage of enterprises selling with those purchasing on-line. Keeping in mind that purchasing on-line is generally more common ... See full document

... populated, rural areas throughout the European Union. Furthermore, there appears to be a divide not only between haves and have-nots but also within the haves, where a divide between have-more and have-less groups can be ... See full document

... of high-tech imports was in the field of “Electronics and telecommunications”; this was the case for the EU Member States (except Ireland, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), as well as for Norway and the ... See full document

... positive trade balance in high-tech products, notably Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Denmark (see Figure ...in high-tech ... See full document

... communities and information literacy. They then discuss their own iterative participatory design research with instructors, librarians, and students during which they analyzed five information literacy standards and ... See full document

... Forfás. Science Foundation Ireland, the education sector, employer bodies, business organisations, trade unions and the media also contributed to the success of Forfás during the  ... See full document

... the high technology manufacturing trade front is not too ...of trade in scientific ...and high technology trade, it is important to encourage this ... See full document

... a ISCO 22 includes Nursing and Midwifery professionals b Average annual growth rate for Austria is from 1995 - 1997 c For Italy and Portugal, all Scientists and Engineers were classified[r] ... See full document

... The breakdown of the sources of public funding of S&T activities is shown below. It can be seen that there have been steady constant price increases (current spending adjusted for inflation) in the levels of ... See full document