R&D expenditure
| Description: Research and development expenditure includes salary expenditure, purchased services, other operating expenditure, and investment and procurement expenditure. Research and development activities refer to systematic activities to increase knowledge and the use of knowledge to find new applications. The criterion is that the aim of the activity is something fundamentally new. Research and development activities include basic research, applied research and development (which fulfils the above-mentioned criteria). Time series: 2015- Updated: 28.10.2021 Source of information: Statistics Finland, Research and Development |
Number of R&D staff
| Description: Research and product development personnel include those persons who, during the statistical reference year, have carried out R&D work or administrative work or routine tasks directly related to R&D projects for at least 10 per cent of their working time. Research and development activities refer to systematic activities to increase knowledge and the use of knowledge to find new applications. The criterion is that the aim of the activity is something fundamentally new. Research and development activities include basic research, applied research and development (which fulfils the above-mentioned criteria). Time series: 2015- Updated: 28.10.2021 Source of information: Statistics Finland, Research and Development |
