1. Human resources

1.1 S&E graduates (‰ of 20 - 29 years age class) / EUROSTAT: Education statistics
1.2 Population with tertiary education (% of 25 - 64 years age class) / EUROSTAT (LFS)
1.3 Participation in life-long learning (% of 25 - 64 years age class) / EUROSTAT (LFS)
1.4 Employment in medium-high and high-tech manufacturing (% of total workforce) / EUROSTAT (LFS)
1.5 Employment in high-tech services (% of total workforce) / EUROSTAT (LFS)

2. Knowledge creation

2.1 Public R&D expenditures (GERD - BERD) (% of GDP) / EUROSTAT: R&D statistics; OECD
2.2 Business expenditures on R&D (BERD) (% of GDP) / EUROSTAT: R&D statistics; OECD
2.3.1 EPO high-tech patent applications (per million population) / EUROSTAT
2.3.2 USPTO high-tech patent applications (per million population) / USPTO
2.4.1 EPO patent applications (per million population) / EUROSTAT
2.4.2 USPTO patents granted (per million population) / EUROSTAT

3. Transmission and application of knowledge

3.1 SMEs innovating in-house (% of manufacturing SMEs and % of services SMEs) / EUROSTAT: CIS
3.2 SMEs involved in innovation co-operation (% of manuf. SMEs and % of services SMEs) / EUROSTAT: CIS
3.3 Innovation expenditures (% of all turnover in manufacturing and % of all turnover in services) / EUROSTAT: CIS

4. Innovation finance, output and markets

4.1 Share of high-tech venture capital investment / EVCA
4.2 Share of early stage venture capital in GDP / EUROSTAT
4.3.1 SMEs sales of 'new to market' products (% of all turnover in manufacturing SMEs and % of all turnover in services SMEs) / EUROSTAT: CIS
4.3.2 SME sales of 'new to the firm but not new to the market' products (% of all turnover in manufacturing SMEs and % of all turnover in services SMEs) / EUROSTAT: CIS
4.4 Internet access/use / EUROSTAT
4.5 ICT expenditures (% of GDP) / EUROSTAT
4.6 Share of manufacturing value-added in high-tech sectors / EUROSTAT: SBS
4.7 Volatility-rates of SMEs (% of manufacturing SMEs and % of services SMEs) / EUROSTAT: BDS




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