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Technological Innovation. Companies. By type of innovation

Technological Innovation. Companies. By type of innovation Catalonia
Companies with activities for technological innovation in the reference year Companies with technological innovation in the last three years % of total companies By type of innovation Product Process Product and process EIN companies in the last three years (1) % of total companies EIN companies applying for patents EIN companies cooperating with technological innovation
2017 3,406 4,092 14.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2016 3,408 4,024 14.3 2,325 2,977 1,279 4,575 16.2 330 1,222
2015 3,632 4,303 15.4 2,480 3,202 1,378 4,869 17.4 357 1,284
2014 3,631 4,307 15.8 2,336 3,238 1,267 4,925 18.0 367 1,266
2013 3,396 4,057 14.4 2,302 2,985 1,231 4,703 16.7 439 1,112
2012 3,951 4,415 14.4 2,255 3,432 1,272 5,158 16.9 456 1,322
2011 4,305 5,434 17.1 2,842 4,238 1,647 6,062 19.1 614 1,266
2010 5,334 6,918 21.0 3,382 5,718 2,181 7,441 22.6 485 1,378
2009 7,045 8,599 23.6 4,172 7,297 2,870 9,506 26.1 533 1,674
2008 8,184 9,180 23.7 4,262 7,673 2,755 10,429 26.9 624 1,683
2007 7,248 10,470 27.4 5,648 7,947 3,125 11,190 29.3 868 1,350
2006 6,867 11,129 29.7 6,646 7,292 2,808 11,913 31.7 671 1,459
2005 7,158 10,727 30.2 6,703 7,976 3,952 11,217 31.6 745 1,792
2004 12,860 11,494 31.7 6,946 8,704 4,156 12,268 33.8 1,431 1,723
2003 6,513 7,921 21.5 5,351 6,069 3,499 9,119 24.7 690 1,618
2002 7,225 9,164 21.0 5,570 6,818 3,224 10,027 23.2 604 1,376
Source: Idescat, based on data from the INE's Survey of innovation in companies.
Notes:
Companies with head offices in Catalonia.
In 2018 a methodological change was made due to the application of the new revision of the Oslo Manual (2018). The concepts in the table have been obtained by approximation from the new methodology and, therefore, there has been a break in time series with the results of previous years.
(1) innovative industrial company - includes those companies with technological innovations that are in progress or unsuccessful in the same period.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: November 13, 2019.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Company
The smallest combination of legal units constituting an organisational unit for the production of goods or services, one having certain autonomy in terms of decision-making, principally for allocating the resources it has at its disposal.
Innovative company
Economic unit that has made a technological innovation.
Technological innovation
Set of scientific, technological, organisational, financial or commercial activities carried out by a company in order to modify or improve production processes, and introduce new products to the market.

Methodological aspects

A product innovation is a new or improved good or service that differs significantly from the company's previous goods or services and has been introduced to the market. The term product refers to both physical and digital goods and services.

A business process innovation is a new or improved business process for one or more business functions that differs significantly from the previous business process of the company and has been implemented in the company.

Information on product or business process innovation refers to those innovations made in the period of the reference year of the Survey or any of the previous two years.

Expenditure on innovative activities is measured for companies with headquarters in Catalonia, regardless of where they have carried out the innovation and for companies with innovative activities carried out in Catalonia, regardless of where their headquarters are located. The amount refers to the expenditure made in the reference year of the Survey.

The innovation intensity measures the relationship between expenditure on innovative activities and business production. It is calculated as the percentage of expenditure on innovation with respect to the total turnover in the reference year.

The Innovation in Companies Survey follows the recommendations of the Oslo Manual, which contains guidelines proposed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In 2018, a methodological change is introduced for the application of the new revision of the Oslo Manual 2018, which, among other things, again modifies the definition of innovative company and causes a break in the time series with respect to the results of previous years.

The population includes agricultural, industrial, construction and service companies with at least 10 salaried employees.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.