Technical Innovation in the Czech republic
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- small enterprises with 10-49 employees,
- medium enterprises with 50-249 employees,
- large enterprises with more than 250 employees.
This publication contains information about innovation potential of the firms undertaking in the Czech republic. Methodology and data processing are based on the Oslo manual (published by OECD, Paris 1992, 2nd revised ed.), Council Regulation (EC) No 94/78/EC of 24 January 1994, and is fully compatible with methodology and recommendations of EUROSTAT (Statistical office of the European Community). Subjects of the survey are goals, stimuli, constraints, costs and effect connected with the development of new or significantly improved products (goods or services) or technological processes reaching the criteria of innovation and with their launching on the market.
To the data collection have been used harmonized questionnaire of the member states for the third Community innovation survey (CIS 3). On the basis of CIS 3 we have launched the innovation survey in the Czech republic for the first time. The reference years are 1999-2001.
We used the sample survey and the innovation questionnaires TI 2001 were addressed to of about 5800 reporting units with more than 10 employees and from the selected manufacturing and service (financial or not financial) sectors, that according to their prevailing activity belong to the NACE rev.1:
- 10-14 Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing (15-37)
15-16 Food, beverages and tobacco
17-19 Textile and leather
20-22 Wood, pulp and printing
23-24 Coke and chemicals
25-26 Rubber and other non-metallic
27-28 Basic and fabricated metals
29 Machinery and equipment
30-33 Electrical and optical equipment
34-35 Transport equipment NEC
36-37 Manufacturing NEC and recycling
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply
Services (51,60-67,72-73,74.2,74.3)
51 Wholesale trade
60-64 Transport, storage and communication
65-67 Financial intermediation
72 Computer and related activities
73 Research and development
74.2 Architectural and engineering activities
74.3 Technical testing and analysis
Reporting duty of the units is in the Czech republic under the law.
We have gathered 3808 filled questionnaires. About 29% economic subjects stated that they have innovated within the Years 1999-2001. So we obtained here presented data about technological product and process innovations, innovation goals and effects, costs and financial sources on the innovation, factors restricting innovation activity, innovation cooperation, and sources of information and different methods of protecting inventions. Above-mentioned data has been broken according to the NCE rev.1, regions and three size classes according to the number of employees. These size classes are: