Methodological note. EIS: 2 Investments

Investments captures investments made in both the public and business sector and differentiates between three innovation dimensions:

2.1 Finance and support

This dimension measures the availability of finance for innovation projects and the support of governments for research and innovation activities and includes three indicators:

2.1.1 R&D expenditure in the public sector (percentage of GDP)

2.1.2 Venture capital expenditures (percentage of GDP)

2.1.3 Direct government funding and government tax support for business R&D (percentage of GDP)

2.2 Firm investments

This dimension includes three indicators of investment in both R&D, non-R&D and training in ICT skills that firms make in order to generate innovations:

2.2.1 R&D expenditure in the business sector (percentage of GDP)

2.2.2 Non-R&D innovation expenditures (percentage of turnover)

2.2.3 Innovation expenditures per person employed

2.3 Investments in information technologies

This dimension captures the use of information technologies including two indicators:

2.3.1 Cloud computing in enterprises

2.3.2 ICT specialists (as a percentage of total employment)