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Methodological note. IUS: Non R&D innovation expenditures as % of total turnover

This indicador measures non-R&D innovation expenditure as percentage of total turnover. Several of the components of innovation expenditure, such as investment in equipment and machinery and the acquisition of patents and licenses, measure the difusión of new production technology and ideas.

The indicator is obtained as a quotient.

Numerator:

Sum of total innovation expenditure for enterprises, in nacional currency and current prices excluding intramural and extramural R&D expenditures. (Community Innovation Survey: CIS 2008 question 5.2, sum of variables RMACX and ROEKX).

Denominator:

Total turnover for all enterprises (both innovators and non-innovators), in national currency and current prices. (Community Innovation Survey: CIS-2008 question 11.1, variable TURN08).

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