Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

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Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020
Fig. 1-1: Funding of research and experimental development carried out in Austria and
research intensity, 2009–2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fig. 1-2: Trend in funding for research and experimental development carried out in Austria,
new allocation of research premium, 2009–2019 (index, 2009=100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fig. 1-3: R&D performance and funding, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fig. 1-4: Distribution of funding by sector of performance (in %), 2007 and 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Fig. 1-5: R&D expenditure by source of funds, 2007, 2015 and 2017 in % . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 1-6: Research intensity and funding in OECD countries, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fig. 1-7: R&D expenditure by type of research and sector of performance (in € millions), 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fig. 1-8: Employment structure of R&D staff in full time equivalents, 2007, 2015 and 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fig. 1-9: Percentage of female researchers in full time equivalents in OECD countries, 2007 and 2017 . . . . . . . . 27
Fig. 1-10: Research intensity of federal states, change over time and variance, 2007–2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fig. 1-11: R&D expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GPD) 2011 and 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fig. 1-12: Breakdown of R&D expenditure by source of funds, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fig. 1-13: Patent intensity (triadic patents) by country of origin, standardised by number of
R&D employees, 2013 and 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fig. 1-14: Number of scientific (citable) articles in all disciplines, standardised by country population, 2018. . . . . . . 34
Fig. 1-15: Number of scientific (citable) articles in the fields of computer science and engineering,
standardised by country population, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fig. 1-16: Digital Economy and Society Index, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fig. 1-17: Availability of information and communication technologies, 2018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fig. 1-18: Use of information and communication technologies, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fig. 1-19: Online creativity, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fig. 1-20: Dimensions of the Global Competitiveness Report: Austria’s position compared to the
EU 28 Member State average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Fig. 1-21: Percentage of 25- to 64-year-olds with tertiary education, 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fig. 1-22: Percentage of graduates in the tertiary sector in STEM and ICT courses of study, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fig. 1-23: The Global Social Mobility Index, total values, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fig. 1-24: Economic complexity, 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fig. 1-25: Cooperation on implementing new ideas at companies, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fig. 1-26: Employment in knowledge-intensive activities (comparison with Europe in the 2011 reference year), 2019 . . . . 53
Fig. 1-27: Inter-company collaboration on ideas and innovations, 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fig. 1-28: Collaboration between companies and higher education institutions on research and development, 2019 . . . . 55
Fig. 1-29: Radar chart showing evaluated indicators compared with the EU-28 average . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fig. 1-30: Radar chart showing evaluated indicators relative to the highest value amongst the EU-28 . . . . . . . . . 57
Fig. 1-31: Long-term trend in the success rates of Austrian companies in the EU’s RTI policy programmes . . . . . . . 61
Fig. 1-32: Concentration of funding amongst the most successful companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fig. 1-33: Concentration of funding amongst institutions (universities/higher education institutions and
non-university research institutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63