Methodology - High-tech sector

A group of industries with high technology intensity (hereinafter only referred to as high-technology sector or high-tech sector) is an aggregation of economic activities largely using highly advanced or top technologies and development of their outputs is often accompanied by high costs for innovation and/or research and development.

Industries of high-technology sector comprise businesses of the business enterprise sector the prevailing economic activity of which corresponds to the following divisions and groups of the Classification of Economic Activities (CZ-NACE):

High-tech manufacturing industries

• Manufacture of pharmaceuticals (division 21);
• Manufactures of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26);
• Manufacture of aircraft and related machinery (group 30.3).

High-tech service industries

• Audio-visual activities (divisions 59 and 60);
• Telecommunications and IT activities (division 61 and 62);
• Information service activities (division (63);
• Scientific research and development (division 72).