Definition: "Expenses"

Global estimate 2010: Gross domestic expenditure on R&D in Euro and % of the GDP

Source: STATISTICS AUSTRIA

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) by source of funds: Business Enterprise sector, Government sector,  Higher education sector, Private non-profit sector, Abroad  

Source: Eurostat

This table presents the relative shares of the different sources of funds in R&D. More specifically the indicators provided are percentage of GERD (Gross domestic expenditure on R&D) financed respectively by industry, government, the higher education and the private non profit sector. The fifth source of funds shown, which also make the breakdown complete, is GERD financed from abroad. R&D is an activity where there are significant transfers of resources between units, organisations, sectors and countries. The importance of the source of funding has been recognized in one of the Barcelona targets of the Lisbon agenda where it is said that the appropriate split for R&D is 1/3 financed by public funds and 2/3 by private.

Business Enterprise sector: Research and development - Expenses / Number of employees 2007 in the ICT sector

Source: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Community Innovation Survey (CIS 2008). Compiled on 06 July 2010.

Federal expenditure 2008 to 2010 for research and research promotion -   Provisional GBAORD 2010

Source: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Government Budget Analysis. Compiled on 14 May 2010.