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Innovation Intensity in Industry and Business-oriented Services in Germany

In addition to R&D expenditures, innovation expenditures also include expenditures for the application of the new idea and its market introduction.

Innovation intensity as the share of innovation expenditure in the total turnover of all companies in an industry or business sector indicates the intensity across the relevant companies to invest in research, development and market introduction/application from total turnover.

Innovation intensity decreased slightly in 2021 compared to the previous year in R&D-intensive industry from 9.3 to 8.6 percent and in knowledge-intensive services from 6.3 to 6.2 percent. Since 2010, there has been an increase in innovation intensity in these sectors as well as in financial services, while intensity in other industries and other services has declined a little.

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Innovation intensity: innovation expenditure by companies as a percentage of their total turnover.
Time series calculated based on the new list of R&D-intensive industries (Table 1, p.11 f.) and knowledge-intensive services (Table 12, p.29) in Neuhäusler et al. (2022).
R&D-intensive industries (high-value technology and cutting-edge technology) have an above-average R&D intensity. Knowledge-intensive services are characterized by an above-average proportion of employees with tertiary education qualifications.
Source: Mannheim Innovation Panel. Calculations by ZEW.
© EFI – Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation 2023.

Veränderungsraten bei der Innovationsintensität in Deutschland bis 2021

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Innovation intensity: innovation expenditure by companies as a percentage of their total turnover.
Time series calculated based on the new list of R&D-intensive industries (Table 1, p.11 f.) and knowledge-intensive services (Table 12, p.29) in Neuhäusler et al. (2022).
R&D-intensive industries (high-value technology and cutting-edge technology) have an above-average R&D intensity. Knowledge-intensive services are characterized by an above-average proportion of employees with tertiary education qualifications.
Source: Mannheim Innovation Panel. Calculations by ZEW.
© EFI – Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation 2023.