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Factors affecting innovation revisited

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The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of factors affecting innovation by analysing the Spanish manufacturing sector using microdata of the 2003 Spanish Innovation Survey. To enrich the analysis a self developed sectoral taxonomy is used coming from the combination of both of the sectoral Revealed Technological Advantages (RTA) and worldwide technological dynamism of the sectors; moreover firms are classified according to the type of capital ownership: independent companies, companies belonging to a national group and subsidiaries of multinational enterprises. The abundance and heterogeneity of variables advised us to use Factor analysis to reduce and organise the original variables into a number of consistent and theoretically significant factors. We found differences between product and process innovation, both in number of explicative variables (significant independent variables) and in relative effect of independent variables (even, in some cases, a sign change from product to process innovation). Taxonomy matters because of some differences in explanatory (independent) variables for each sector and model explanatory power differences between sectors, and, on the other hand, because of the “non significance” of some significant variables once we control by sectoral taxonomy

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Factors affecting innovation revisited

Author: Molero Zayas, José; García Sánchez, Antonio
Year: 2008
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Fac o s a ec ing inno a ion e isi ed
José Mole o y An onio Ga cía
WP05/08
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Resumen
El p opósi o de es e abajo es con ibui a un mejo conocimien o de los ac o es que a ec-
an a la inno ación median e el análisis de los mic oda os de la encues a de inno ación de
las emp esas españolas de 2003. El es udio se abo da desde la elabo ación de una axono-
mía de sec o es combinando las Ven ajas Tecnológicas Re eladas de la indus ia española
con el dinamismo ecnológico mundial; además se in oduce una clasi icación de las em-
p esas en unción de la pe enencia o no a un g upo de emp esas y de si esos g upos son
de nacionalidad española o ex anje a.
Se u ilizan écnicas de Análisis Fac o ial pa a educi y o ganiza la abundan e in o mación
disponible en Fac o es con signi icado económico que después son empleados como a ia-
bles explica i as de la inno ación de p oduc o y de p oceso. Se encuen an di e encias
en e ambos ipos de inno ación an o po el núme o de ac o es signi ica i os como en la
in ensidad de su capacidad explica i a. La axonomía elabo ada mues a su impo ancia al
mos a pa ones de compo amien o dis in os en e los cua o ipos de casos cons uidos.
Abs ac
The aim o his pape is o con ibu e o a be e unde s anding o ac o s a ec ing inno a-
ion by analysing he Spanish manu ac u ing sec o using mic oda a o he 2003 Spanish
Inno a ion Su ey. To en ich he analysis a sel de eloped sec o al axonomy is used com-
ing om he combina ion o bo h o he sec o al Re ealed Technological Ad an ages
(RTA) and wo ldwide echnological dynamism o he sec o s; mo eo e i ms a e classi ied
acco ding o he ype o capi al owne ship: independen companies, companies belonging
o a na ional g oup and subsidia ies o mul ina ional en e p ises. The abundance and he -
e ogenei y o a iables ad ised us o use Fac o analysis o educe and o ganise he o iginal
a iables in o a numbe o consis en and heo e ically signi ican ac o s. We ound di e -
ences be ween p oduc and p ocess inno a ion, bo h in numbe o explica i e a iables
(signi ican independen a iables) and in ela i e e ec o independen a iables (e en, in
some cases, a sign change om p oduc o p ocess inno a ion). Taxonomy ma e s be-
cause o some di e ences in explana o y (independen ) a iables o each sec o and
model explana o y powe di e ences be ween sec o s, and, on he o he hand, because o
he “non signi icance” o some signi ican a iables once we con ol by sec o al axonomy.
Key wo ds: Inno a ion, Fac o s a ec ing inno a ion, Mul ina ional en e p ises, Sec o al
axonomies, Spain.
José Mole o, An onio Ga cía
Ins i u o Complu ense de Es udios In e nacionales, Uni e sidad Complu ense de Mad id. Campus de Somo-
saguas, Finca Mas Fe e. 28223, Pozuelo de Ala cón, Mad id, Spain.
Facul ad de Ciencias Económicas y Emp esa iales. Uni e sidad de Se illa. A da Ramon y Cajal, 1. 41018,
Se illa, Spain.
© José Mole o, An onio Ga cía
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Índice
1. In oduc ion…………………………………………………………………………….……..7
2. Theo e ical backg ound……………………………………………………………………….8
3. Me hodology and da a analysis………………………………………………...………...…..11
4. Some s ylised ac s o he inno a ion in he Spanish economy………………………….….13
5. Resul s…………………………………………………………………………………………15
5.1 Fac o analysis ..…………………………………….………………………………..15
5.2 Reg ession analysis………...…………………………………………………….…..16
6. Concluding ema ks…………………………………………………………………….……19
7. Annexe A……………………………………………………………………………………...21
Annexe B………………………………………………………………………………………22
8. Re e ences……………………………………………………………………………………..26

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1. In oducción
Inno a ion has expe ienced a ema kable
change in ecen yea s as a consequence o a
numbe o ac o s including he ad ance o
science and echnology and he inc easing
globalisa ion o a numbe o ma ke s and ac-
i i ies. The g owing he e ogenei y o sou ces
a ec ing he p ocess o i ms’ inno a ion has
led o he knowledge c ea ed ou o he com-
panies hemsel es achie ing g ea e im-
po ance, and he e o e o he cen al ole o
be played by he capaci y o in eg a ing inne
and ou e sou ces o echnological capabili ies
wi h o he compe i i e o ces. Simila ly, he
accele a ion o in e na ionalisa ion a mos
economic and social le els has inc eased he
necessi y o exploi ing i ms’ ad an ages a
in e na ional (some imes wo ld) le el and
seeking new compe i i e ( echnological) asse s
in a mul ina ional amewo k. Mo eo e , he
specialised esea ch has eached a common
conclusion ha sec o al ea u es ha e a e-
ma kable in luence on he possibili ies and
o ganisa ional modes o inno a o y ac i i y.
F om Pa i ’s seminal sec o al axonomy on
inno a ion, he e is a long adi ion o using
se e al axonomies o “classi ica o y lis ” o
p oduc i e sec o s acco ding o hei in-
no a i e cha ac e is ic o in ensi y. Bo h a-
cademic and ins i u ional axonomies can be
desc ibed as “closed ap io is ic lis s” o sec-
o s, buil on igo ous s udies bu wi hou
lexibili y o allow coun y di e ences on sec-
o cha ac e is ics. A main con ibu ion o his
pape consis s o g ouping companies in di -
e en ca ego ies o sec o s in a non-ap io is ic
way: each sec o is “sel -classi ied” in a speci ic
ype and no in any o he acco ding o pa -
icula cha ac e is ics and “inno a i e be-
ha iou ” in a gi en coun y (in ou case,
Spain). To his end we ha e de eloped a a-
xonomy om he combina ion o (RTA1) o
each sec o o ac i i y and he e olu ion o i s
wo ld weigh be ween 1993-1998 and 1999-
2003. O iginal sec o al da a come om pa en s
g an ed by he USPTO by p io i y yea a he
na ional le el by sec o o economic ac i i y
(NACE class de i ed h ough conco dance
wi h In e na ional Pa en Classi ica ion).
1 RTAs o a sec o o a coun y is calcula ed as ollows: RTAij =
(Pij / Pwj )/ (PTi / PTw) whe e i is he coun y, j he sec o , w he
wo ld o al o j sec o , T is he o al o he coun y and w is he
absolu e wo ld o al. All e e ed o pa en s in a pe iod o ime.
Using mic oda a om he Spanish Inno a ion
Su ey2, we had he ad an age o hei quali y
and s a is ical signi icance. These da a a e o a
g ea s a is ical alidi y inso a as an expe
g oup coo dina ed by he Spanish Na ional
S a is ics Ins i u e has, on he one hand, d awn
up a pe manen sample o i ms wi h he in-
en ion o c ea ing a s able panel o da a and,
on he o he , has con olled he s a is ical sig-
ni icance o he anonymous da a is-à- is he
o iginal mic o da a. In addi ion, his in o ma-
ion allows us o sepa a e i ms acco ding o
hei independen ea u e o belonging o a
g oup, including he coun y o o igin o he
mo he house o MNCs.
Ou opic o explain is he inno a i e ac i i y
(p oduc and p ocess inno a ion) o Spanish
manu ac u ing i ms (bo h na ional and mul-
ina ional owne ship), using as explana o y
a iables hose included in he Inno a ion
Su ey. The abundance and he e ogenei y o
a iables ad ised us o use Fac o analysis o
educe and o ganise he numbe o o iginal
a iables in a numbe o consis en and heo-
e ically signi ican ac o s. We ha e made a
se ies o sec o al analyses in an i e a i e way
using bo h PITEC o iginal a iables and i s
ans o ma ions. Non-included a iables ha e
been ejec ed on he basis o KMO and MSA
alues. Once ele an ac o s a e e ained, we
ha e made wo se ies o logis ics eg essions
o bo h p ocess and p oduc inno a ion im-
plemen a ion, wi h ac o s and i ms owne -
ship as independen a iables. In each se ies,
i s ly we eg ess once o he whole sample
and secondly we eg ess ou imes mo e con-
olling by sec o al axonomy.
In he nex sec ion, we p esen he main heo-
e ical backg ound, in he hi d sec ion we
discuss ou da a and me hodological guide-
lines, in he ou h sec ion we p esen some
s ylised ac s o inno a ion ac i i ies in Spain
o a be e unde s anding o he con ex in
which ou empi ical wo k is done, in he i h
sec ion we show he empi ical esul s and i-
nally in he six h sec ion we enhance he main
conclusion
2 I is called he PITEC panel (Panel de Inno acion Tec-
nologica). See: www. echnociencia.es. Due o he manipula ion
o he o iginal su ey da a, he in o ma ion o his panel canno
be compa ed in absolu e e ms wi h da a di ec ly de i ed om
he inno a ion su ey used in he o me sec ion.
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2. Theo e ical backg ound
I is no ou in en ion o de elop a comple e
heo y o ac o s a ec ing inno a ion. Fi s o
all his is because such a heo y is no a ail-
able, as demons a ed by bo h he a emp s o
ga he he mos ele an empi ical in es iga-
ions (Tidd, Bessan and Pa i , 1997), and he
lis o issues included in seminal books as “is-
sues a ec ing inno a ion” (Ro hwell and
Dodgson, 1995; Fage be e al, 2006). On he
con a y, ou aim is o b ie ly e iew he mos
signi ican con ibu ions o ind some heo e i-
cal guidelines o ou empi ical esea ch. In
his ega d, o b ie ly summa ise he pano ama
o heo e ical isions o he condi ions which
p omo e success ul inno a i e ac i i ies o
i ms, we can clus e hem oge he in wo
undamen al g oups. On he one hand a e
hose belonging o he long adi ion o in-
dus ial o ganisa ion heo y which basically
sea ch o a ew de e mining ac o s o he
capaci y o inno a ion and, on he o he , hose
mo e ep esen a i e o he ela i ely ecen
app oach o he e olu iona y heo y which is
based on he analysis o a ie y and di e si y
o inno a i e modes and equen ly uses he
classi ica ion o cases as a basic heo e ical
ool.
S a ing om he adi ion o indus ial o gani-
sa ion s udies, one mus emembe hei cen-
al me hodological cha ac e is ics consis ing
o he combina ion o he h ee classical s eps
o s uc u e-conduc -pe o mance (Sche e
and Ross, 1990). As o me ly o o he e-
conomic issues, he analy ical wo k is o ien ed
o inding ou one o a ew ac o s (ne e a
la ge numbe ) which can explain he in-
no a o y ac i i y o he i ms in a sa is ac o y
way3. Wi hou a doub hese wo a e he mos
equen ly esea ched elemen s: he size o he
i m and he concen a ion le el o he ma ke s
in which i ms ca y ou hei inno a i e ac-
i i ies.
In spi e o he huge numbe o s udies made
abou bo h o heses issues, he cu en si ua-
ion is ha he e a e no conclusi e esul s al-
lowing us o asse he sign and in ensi y o
he impac hose ac o s ha e o induce in-
no a ion. In ac , as a as he size o he i m
is conce ned, we can sha e he a gumen o
3 O senigo (1989) sugges s hey use a dicho omous pe spec i e:
la ge e sus small size, concen a ed e sus non-concen a ed
ma ke s, e c. Cohen (1995) calls hem s udies in he Schum-
pe e ian adi ion.
F eeman and Soe e (1997, page 193) ha he
size “ce ainly in luences wha kind o p ojec s
can be a emp ed in e ms o echnology, com-
plexi y and cos s bu does no in i sel de-
e mine he ou come”.
This inconclusi e conclusion is he esul o a
la ge amoun o empi ical esea ch ela ing o
he size o he i ms and inno a i e ac i i ies
o he i ms. Pe haps he mos classic one is
he associa ion o size wi h R&D expendi u e.
In his case, he a ailable esea ch shows he e
is a concen a ion o R&D expendi u e in la ge
companies, basically de e mined by he size o
R&D p og ammes ins ead o he size o he
i m (F eeman and Soe e, 1997). Ne e heless,
i is mo e di icul o ind a clea associa ion
be ween he inc ease o he size and he in en-
si y o R&D expendi u e. In ac , mainly a e
con olling by sec o , he associa ion seems o
ollow a g owing end ( he la ge he size he
mo e in ense is R&D e o ) bu jus o a ce -
ain ex en ; om his poin onwa d he do-
minan ela ion is a p opo ional one (Cohen,
1995). Wi h ega d o small i ms, he e i-
dence poin s o a wo old si ua ion: whe eas a
as majo i y o small i ms do no pe o m
any specialised R&D p og amme, in se e al
coun ies hose small i ms ha do pe o m
R&D ha e abo e a e age R&D in ensi ies
(F eeman and Soe e, 1997, p. 232).
The si ua ion is e en less clea i inno a ion
eplaces R&D ac i i ies; mo e quali ica ions
ha e o be inco po a ed, such as, o example,
he possible ad an age o small companies in
ea ly s ages o inno a i e wo k and he less
expensi e bu mo e adical inno a ion,
whe eas la ge i ms ha e ad an ages in he
la e s ages and imp o emen and scaling up o
ea ly b eak h oughs (F eeman and Soe e,
1997, 234). Mo e gene ally, Ro hwell and
Dodgson (1995, 323) a i e a he ollowing
conclusions:
I. Inno a o y ad an age is unequi ocally
associa ed nei he wi h la ge no small
companies. Small i m ad an ages a e
mainly beha iou al while hose o la ge
i ms a e mainly ma e ial.
II. A ailable da a sugges s ha he i m
size/inno a ion sha e ela ionship is U-
shaped.
III. Small i ms´ inno a o y con ibu ion a-
ies signi ican ly om sec o o sec o .
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IV. Small and la ge i ms do no ope a e in
isola ion om each o he and hey enjoy
a a ie y o complemen a y ela ionships
in hei echnological ac i i ies”.
V. Any s udy o he oles o small and la ge
i ms in inno a ion should be dynamic:
hei ela i e oles a y conside ably
o e he indus y cycle (Shephe d, 1991;
U e back, 1994).
The si ua ion is mo e con using i he aim is o
associa e le els o concen a ion (o monopo-
lis ic powe ) wi h a supe io inno a i e pe -
o mance. The eason is ha he e a e wo
di e en angles o app oach ha ela ionship:
one is he passi e and di ec associa ion o
highe le els o concen a ion wi h mo e in-
ensi e beha iou and he second he mo e
dynamic and complex one ha pos ula es he
need o a monopolis ic ewa d o encou age
inno a i e ac i i ies (O senigo, 1989; Cohen,
1995). In he i s case no s ong conclusi e
esul can be shown and he second is e y
di icul o es ; he e o e, some idea o a si-
mul aneous de e mina ion o concen a ion
and inno a ion can be p oposed (Cohen,
1995).
To comple e ha une en pe spec i e we can
conclude ha o gene alise abou size o he
i ms, scale o R&D, in en i e ou pu and in-
no a ion needs o be hea ily quali ied. In-
dus y, echnology and his o y ma e 4 (F ee-
man, 1982; F eeman and Soe e, 1997). The e
a e no many o he ea u es so deeply in es i-
ga ed. In gene al, p og ess has been poo in
opics such as he in luence o cash lows o
di e si ica ion (Cohen, 1995). Ne e heless, i
is impo an o highligh he impo ance gi en
o some o ganisa ional cha ac e is ics in he
seminal SAPPHO p ojec (Ro hwell e al,
1974) and he enaissance o hose elemen s in
he li e a u e and policy p ac ices (Nel-
son&Sampa , 2001; Nelson, 2008; OECD,
2005).
Following a me hodology o compa ing suc-
cess and ailu e o inno a ion, he SAPPHO
p ojec spo ligh ed a numbe o o ganisa ional
a iables, mainly “ma ke ing ela ed”, “ex e -
nal communica ion” and “ i m managemen ”.
4 I is impo an o emembe a numbe o empi ical limi s
which se iously make i di icul o a i e a gene al conclusions.
Acco ding o Cohen (1995), we can men ion he ac ha sam-
ples a e mos ly no andom, in many cases he e a e o he i ms
a iables ou o con ol and he mul isec o al cha ac e o mos
la ge i ms.
F eeman cle e ly summa ised i by saying:
“ he ac ha he measu es which disc imi-
na ed be ween success and ailu e include
some which e lec ed mainly on he compe-
ence on R&D, o he s which e lec ed mainly
on e icien ma ke ing and some which meas-
u ed cha ac e is ics o he business inno a o
wi h good communica ions, con i ms ha
iew o indus ial inno a ion as essen ially a
coupling p ocess” (F eeman, 1982, 125).
The o me no wi hs anding, he inno a ion
heo y eo ien ed he app oach o in es iga e
he ole o he i ms. P ecisely he ci ed book
o F eeman, oge he wi h seminal wo ks such
as Rosenbe g 1976, Nelson and Win e , 1982,
Dosi, 1984 and Pa i , 1984 made claims o a
be e unde s anding o echnology and inno-
a ion ha enables o c ea e a mo e accu a e
heo e ical app oach. Apa om o he gene al
conside a ions (O senigo, 1979; Dosi, 1984) as
a as his pape is conce ned, he cen al
change has o do wi h he in oduc ion o a i-
e y and di e si y as opposed o he main
s eam pe spec i e o gene al de e minan s o
i ms’ inno a ion; u he mo e, he no ion o
“lea ning” occupied a cen al posi ion as a
consequence o conside ing echnology and
inno a ion as speci ic kinds o knowledge
(Pa i , 2006).
As a consequence o his new o ien a ion he
app oach o i ms’ inno a o y beha iou in-
co po a es a numbe o ema kable modi y-
ca ions. Fou o hem a e pa icula ly sig-
ni ican o he objec i es o his in es iga ion:
he ole o sys ems o inno a ion, he im-
po ance o non- echnological inno a ion, he
ele ance o he sec o o ac i i y and he in-
oduc ion o axonomies o map he he e o-
genei y o conduc s.
The concep o sys ems o inno a ion (F ee-
man, 1987; Lund all, 1992) basically ein-
o ced he idea o sys emic in e ac ion among
i ms and a la ge amoun o ins i u ions. Thus,
in he con ex o his pape , he ele an issue
is he necessi y o inco po a ing in e nally and
ex e nally sou ces o knowledge o he i m,
ei he on a collabo a i e mode o h ough
ma ke mechanisms. In o he wo ds, he i-
sola ed conside a ion o i ms´ cha ac e is ics
is no enough o ully unde s and he inno a-
i e p ac ice o en e p ises (Ro hwell, 1995;
Tidd, Bessan and Pa i , 1997); hence a-
iables measu ing such an in e ac ion mus be
inco po a ed.
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2 ac o s be ween 9.5% and 10.5%; le el II, 3
o 2 ac o s be ween 7% and 8.5%; le el III, 3
ac o s be ween 5.5% and 6,5%; le el IV, 2
ac o s a ound 4,5%).
The mo e solid Fac o s uc u es a e:
• NESTR, NGEST, NORG, NMARK,
NESTE, always in he i s le el and
usually he i s ac o .
• GMAQUI, GTECNO, GPREP, usually
in he second le el, we ind a endency
o inco po a e GFORM also.
• PATNUM, FPRO, usually in he se-
cond le el. GINTID has a endency o
link his ac o .
• INNOVEM, INNPROD, some imes in
he second le el, o he s in he hi d.
• PIDTEJpw, FAP, some imes in he
second le el, o he s in he hi d.
• TAMMED, GEXTID, GMARKET, u-
sually in he hi d le el.
• INNNOVET, INNPROC, always in he
las le el.
• INNOVEC, INFUN, always in he las
le el oo.
Ou selec ed Fac o s uc u e is shown in Ta-
ble 1 and i s qui e easonable possibili y o
being in e p e ed in economic and inno a i e
e ms mus be unde lined; each ac o is ac-
companied by he a iables ha clus e o-
ge he and he name we ha e assigned o make
explici i s economic o inno a i e signi i-
cance.
TABLE 1: ex ac ed ac o s.
EXPLAINED VAR (%) Fac o DESCRIPTION
Each ac o Accumula ed
1 O ganiza ional Inno a ion (ORGINNV) 10.53
10.53
2 Non-R&D inno a i e expendi u es
(NRDEXPEND) 10.42 20.95
3 Own R&D and esul s (RD&PAT) 7.5 28.45
4 P oduc inno a ion on inne e o (PRODINNER) 7.15 35.6
5 Human esou ces and Public unds
(HUMCAP&FUNDS) 6.15 41.75
6 Size and ex e nal knowledge in eg a ion
(SIZE&INTEGRATION) 6.05 47.8
7 EU unds a ac ion (UEFUNDS) 5.81 53.61
8 Basic esea ch and coope a ion
(BASICR&COOP) 4.82 58.43
9 P ocess inno a ion on ex e nal sou ces
(PROCEXTER) 4.81 63.24
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion om PITEC; p incipal componen s me hod.
5.2 Reg ession analysis.
This phase o he analysis has been done
h ough he es ima ion o eg ession models
using he o me ac o s as independen a-
iables o explain he inno a i e ac i i y o he
i ms. Following he esea ch pa h p oposed,
we ha e es ima ed a numbe o logis ic e-
g essions wi h se e al cha ac e is ics:
• We ha e sepa a ed p oduc and p o-
cess inno a ion on he unde s anding
ha he e can be signi ican di e ences
be ween hem. In bo h cases models
y o explain he p obabili y o any
i m belonging o he inno a i e g oup
o no .
• Apa om he ac o s we ha e in-
cluded as independen a iables wo
dummies ying o con ol he ix e-
ec o i ms belonging o any o he
h ee g oups in which we ha e di ided
he sample: independen Spanish com-
panies (EIN), i ms belonging o a na-
ional g oup (GN), and i ms be-
longing o o eign mul ina ional
g oups (GMN). The idea is o conside
he impo ance o he g owing in e na-

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ionalisa ion o he inno a ion in he
Spain.
• In addi ion o he gene al eg essions
o p oduc s and p ocesses we ha e es-
ima ed in each case ou o he eg e -
ssions co esponding o he ypes o
sec o s o me ly explained.
The esul s a e shown in ables 2 and 3 om
which we can deduce as he main indings he
ollowing.
TABLE 2: Logi coe icien s o “innp od” (p oduc inno a ion)
Va iable GLOBAL DYNAMIC STATIC LOST
OPP. RETREAT
ein .226**
gmn
basic _coop .209*** .241*** .182*
humcap_ unds .981*** .977** .526*** 1.29***
n dexpend .406** -5.26*** .804** -6.13***
o ginn .424*** .435*** .402*** .439*** .393***
d_pa .449*** 1.57*** .65***
Size_in eg .238** 2.06*** .324*** .146* 2.12***
ue unds .195** .46*** .437*
cons an .677*** 1.22*** .618*** .915*** .582***
N 3691 805 1362 1086 438
ll -2213 -427 -852 -634 -250
ll_0 -2395 -500 -900 -695 -294
chi2 363 144 96.1 123 87
2_p .0758 .144 .0534 .0881 .148
aic 4445 869 1713 1284 509
bic 4500 902 1739 1324 525
legend: * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion om PITEC da a.
TABLE 3: Logi coe icien s o “innp oc” (p ocess inno a ion)
Va iable GLOBAL DYNAMIC STATIC
LOST
OPP. RETREAT
ein .383*** .666***
gmn
basic _coop .886*** .973*** 1.12*** .971*** .768***
humcap_ unds -.471*** -3.76*** -.969*** -.436*** -3.12***
N dexpend .499*** -8.55*** -1.06*** .886*** -10.6***
o ginn .597*** .475*** .65*** .532*** .43***
d_pa .128* -1.75*** -.297** .291**
Size_in eg .502**
Ue unds 1.89*** 1.87*** 1.09***
cons an -.213*** -.803*** -.196* -.0482 -.455***
N 3691 805 1362 1086 438
Ll -2033 -390 -726 -598 -225
ll_0 -2552 -551 -944 -752 -297
chi2 1037 322 436 309 145
2_p .203 .292 .231 .205 .244
aic 4083 791 1470 1210 459
bic 4132 820 1517 1245 480
legend: * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001
Sou ce: Own-elabo a ion om PITEC da a.
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GENERAL FINDINGS.
1. Gene ally speaking we ob ain a be e
explana ion o p ocess han o
p oduc inno a ion. I is e lec ed in
he highe pseudo R2 alues and in
he highe homogenei y ound ac oss
ypes o sec o s. Ne e heless, signi-
ican ac o s a e a he simila , al-
hough size & in eg a ion is mo e
impo an in p oduc inno a ion.
F om a mo e specula i e poin o
iew we ask i hose di e ences a e a
e lec ion o he Spanish inno a ion
cha ac e ised, among o he elemen s,
by a lesse p esence o adical and
s a egic inno a ions and a hea ie
weigh o adop ions and by a lesse
dependence on o eign inpu s in
p ocess echnologies (Buesa&
Mole o, 1992; Mole o, 2007).
2. The associa ion be ween human ca-
pi al (pe sonnel) and he access o
public unds changes i s signs: posi-
i e o p oduc inno a ion and nega-
i e o p ocess. All he emaining
ac o s main ain he same sign in
bo h cases.
3. The kind o sec o eme ges as much
mo e impo an han he ype o
i ms´ owne ship, con i ming wha
was expec ed. Once we con ol o
he i s , we only ind a case in which
he ype o i m is ele an : ICs in
p ocess inno a ion o S a iona y Spe-
cialisa ion sec o s. Impo an ly
enough i mus be said ha his
g oup ga he s a non negligible num-
be o so called adi ional indus ies
in which independen companies a e
s ill he bulk o he ac i i y.
4. O ganiza ional inno a ion a ises as
he mos impo an ac o explaining
he beha iou o inno a i e i ms. I s
uni e sal p esence in bo h ypes o
inno a ion and in all kinds o sec o s,
always wi h a posi i e sign, allows us
o asse ha his new e idence con-
i ms and ein o ces wha heo y and
p e ious s udies p edic ed.
5. A e con olling o ype o sec o , a
numbe o di e ences can be ound.
I is so bo h o he explana o y ca-
paci y o he models and o conc e e
ac o s which a e signi ican in some
cases bu no in o he s (some imes
changing he sign). In ou opinion
his con i ms and jus i ies he e-
le ance o he axonomy used. Mo e-
o e he le el o adjus men a ies
signi ican ly be ween he sec o s be-
e adap ed o he in e na ional dy-
namism (Dynamic Specialisa ion and
Re ea ) and he o he wo mo e im-
balanced sec o s (Los Oppo uni ies
and S a iona y Specialisa ion).
PRODUCT INNOVATION
1. The ype o i m is no signi ican in
any o he cases. Howe e he size &
in eg a ion ac o has a a ou able
e ec in all cases.
2. Expendi u es on non R&D in-
no a i e ac i i ies ha e a posi i e
impac in Los Oppo uni ies, ne-
ga i e in Dynamic Specialisa ion
and Re ea and a e non- signi ican
in S a iona y Specialisa ion. This
poin s ou o a g ea e necessi y o
p ope R&D ac i i ies in mo e dy-
namic sec o s o ollow he wo ld
e olu ion whe eas in dynamic sec-
o s in which Spain has echnologi-
cal disad an ages, non R&D ac i i-
ies can be conside ed as an al e -
na i e o build some capaci ies o be
comple ed a e wa ds h ough R&D.
3. The al eady men ioned ole o o -
ganisa ional inno a ion shows a
highe e ec in he wo sec o s wi h
weake adap a ion o he wo ld dy-
namic: S a iona y Specialisa ion and
Los Oppo uni ies. In o he wo ds,
i is o hose sec o s ha his non
echnological inno a ion seems o
play i s mos impo an ole.
4. The join e ec o R&D expendi u e
and Pa en s is a ac o which po-
si i ely in luences p oduc in-
no a ion in in e na ionally dynamic
sec o s, ega dless o ha ing ech-
nological ad an ages o disad an-
ages. Tha is o say, in ma u e sec-
o s he echnological e o mea-
su ed h ough R&D and pa en s is
no a disc imina ing ac o be ween
inno a i e and non inno a i e
i ms; whe eas i posi i ely dis-
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c imina es in dynamic sec o s. In
hese cases R&D and pa en s appea
as a equi emen o ge echnologi-
cal ad an ages. A simila commen
can be made wi h ega d o UE
unds; his ac o can be unde s ood
as an index o inno a i e dynamism.
5. Basic esea ch and Coope a ion is
only signi ican in he wo sec o s
which e eal a bad in e na ional a-
dap a ion: S a iona y Specialisa ion
and Los Oppo uni ies. The e o e
we can send a message o policy
conside a ions: o s eng hen hose
ac i i ies is essen ial o imp o e he
si ua ion o he i ms in Los Oppo -
uni ies sec o s.
PROCESS INNOVATION
1. Independen companies a e mo e ac-
i e in S a iona y Specialisa ion sec-
o s, oge he wi h Size & In eg a-
ion ac o . The weigh o adi ional
sec o s wi h independen companies
–some o hem o no iceable size- a-
llows us o in e p e his esul as a
si ua ion in which o eign companies
come o “ ollow” o “adap ” he be-
ha iou o na ional companies wi h
ema kable echnological ad an-
ages.
2. Basic Resea ch & Coope a ion is a-
ou able in he ou cases, albei i s
e ec is ela i ely highe in sec o s
wi h bad in e na ional adjus men :
Los Oppo uni ies and S a iona y
Specialisa ion. This esul suppo s
wha was said in he analysis o
p oduc inno a ion: inancing basic
esea ch and coope a i e ac i i ies
posi i ely in luences inno a ion in
p oduc and p ocess.
3. Non R&D inno a i e expendi u es
ha e a nega i e impac in all sec o s
excep in Los Oppo uni ies. Mo e-
o e , he size o he e ec is much
g ea e in sec o s posi i ely adap ed
o in e na ional e olu ion. Again,
mos dynamic sec o s a e much
mo e dependen on R&D while in
o he cases non R&D ac i i ies can
be a p elimina y s ep o c ea e R&D
capabili ies.
4. O ganisa ional inno a ion, as always,
a ou s inno a ion and i s e ec is
g ea e in in e na ionally dynamic
sec o s, pa icula ly i i is a sec o
wi h echnological disad an ages.
5. The posi i e sign o Human Capi al
and Funds sugges s in p ocesses
wi h mo e sys ema ic and in-
c emen al inno a ion, he s abili y o
human esou ces is impo an and
hey seem o be s ongly connec ed
wi h he a ailabili y o public unds.
A complemen a y way o exploi ing he ind-
ings can be made h ough he poin o iew o
he kinds o sec o s o highligh some ele an
egula i ies. The s a ing poin is he exis ence
o mo e simila i ies be ween sec o s wi h good
i ness conce ning in e na ional dynamism, on
he one hand, and be ween hose badly
adap ed, on he o he .
As a as he i s wo a e conce ned we can
poin ou ha in he Dynamic Specialisa ion
ca ego y wo ac o s a e common o p oduc
and p ocess inno a ion: O ganisa ional In-
no a ion, wi h a posi i e impac , and non
R&D expendi u es, wi h a nega i e one. An-
o he wo show di e en signs in p oduc and
p ocess: Human capi al and Funds and R&D
and Pa en s- bo h ha e a posi i e e ec in
p oduc inno a ion and a nega i e e ec in
p ocess.
Rega ding Re ea Sec o s, only wo ac o s
a ise as common o p oduc and p ocess: The
salien ac is ha O ganisa ional Inno a ion
and Non R&D expendi u es a e common o
bo h Dynamic and Re ea and bo h ypes o
inno a ion, p oduc and p ocess. The i s has
a egula posi i e in luence and he second a
nega i e one.
In Dynamic sec o s he ole o human capi al
and unds and R&D and pa en s is also e-
ma kable. The wo a e signi ican o bo h
ypes o inno a ion, al hough wi h di e en
signs; posi i e o p oduc and nega i e o
p ocess.
Coming o sec o s wi h nega i e in e na ional
adjus men , i is no iceable ha he e is less
egula i y han in he o me cases. The mos
ou s anding a e he ollowing.
Apa om he sys ema ic p esence o o -
ganisa ional inno a ion, he e also a ises he
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egula p esence o Basic Resea ch and Co-
ope a ion. This, on he one hand, explains he
insu icien ole played inso a as i has no
been enough o gua an ee a be e in e na-
ional adjus men . This is why we insis ed on
he idea ha policy has o os e hose ac i i-
ies in o de o upg ade he si ua ion.
A second egula i y has o do wi h Human
Capi al and Funds. This ac o is common o
he wo sec o s and ypes on inno a ion, al-
hough o he las one, he sign changes om
posi i e in p oduc o nega i e in p ocess.
6. Concluding ema ks.
As on many occasions, he dis ance be ween
he heo e ical deba e and empi ical indings
has been non-negligible in his esea ch exe -
cise. In ac , he heo y abou ac o s a ec ing
i ms´ inno a ion has s ill a long way o go
because he analy ical objec is complex and
di icul o se limi s o , as ou e iew o he
li e a u e has shown. In spi e o hose di icul-
ies we ha e ied o cas some ligh on he
bases o he s udy o he Spanish case wi h
some no iceable ea u es: i s , he impo ance
gi en o he ca ego y o sec o by cons uc ing
a new axonomy h ough he combina ion o
sec o al echnological RTAs and he in e na-
ional dynamism; second, he u ilisa ion o a
e y eliable da abase, which, based on he CIS
has been s a is ically imp o ed and eady o be
used p epa ed by a g oup o specialis s; hi d,
he combina ion o a e y la ge numbe o
a iables in o de o cap u e he ichness and
complexi y o he inno a o y p ocess; ou h,
he inclusion o a sepa a e s udy o p oduc
and p ocess inno a ion; and i h, he inco po-
a ion o he ype o company by di e en ia-
ing be ween na ional independen en e p ises
om ei he na ional o mul ina ional g oups.
The esul s ob ained allow us o make explici
he ollowing ema ks:
1. Fi s o all, he me hodology has
demons a ed i s use ulness because
bo h he sec o al axonomy and he
sepa a ion o p oduc and p ocess in-
no a ion show signi ican di e ences.
We should like o unde line he im-
po ance o ypological analysis in he
o e all heo e ical e o .
2. Pa icula ly impo an a e some ind-
ings abou di e ences ac oss ca ego-
ies o sec o s. I in a p elimina y ap-
p oach we di e en ia e be ween he
posi i e diagonal (dynamic and e-
ea sec o s) and he nega i e one
(los oppo uni ies and s a iona y
specialisa ion), we a i e a he con-
clusion ha ou es ima ions a e
s onge o he posi i e one, bo h o
p oduc and p ocess inno a ion. In
o he wo ds, he in luence o he
a iables g ouped in ac o s, allows
us o asse ha he e is a be e in e-
g a ion and unc ioning in he cases
in which he Spanish specialisa ion
coincides wi h he wo ld dynamic.
3. Simila ly, al hough less clea ly, he
sepa a ion o p oduc and p ocess has
shown i s use ulness. In gene al
e ms he be e adjus men o he
model o explaining p ocess inno a-
ion is adequa e o Spanish inno a-
i e specialisa ion which is mo e
p ocess o ien ed. E en hough wi h
he necessa y cau ion, we can e-
membe he demons a ed bias o he
Spanish pa e n owa ds less in en-
si e and mo e adop ion based kinds
o inno a ions. Fu he mo e, he ex-
ao dina y impo ance o machine y
and equipmen pu chases as sou ces
o inno a ion o a majo i y o i ms
i s well in o ou indings.
4. On he con a y, he ype o i ms ac-
co ding o he dis inc ion be ween
na ional and o eigne s does no shed
much ligh . Ve y much in acco dance
wi h p e ious wo ks (Mole o & Ga -
cia, 2008), ou esul s do no ind ex-
ao dina y di e ences be ween com-
panies belonging o na ional o mul-
ina ional g oups. Al hough a num-
be o quali ica ions mus be in-
oduced ega ding he o ganisa ion
o inno a i e p ocess, ou s udy inds
mo e simila i ies han di e ences e-
ga ding he inno a o y e iciency.
Thus no wi hs anding, we ind ou
some di e ences o companies
which a e no membe s o a g oup
( ega dless o i s na ionali y) pa icu-
la ly in sec o s named as “ adi ional”
o o low o medium echnological
in ensi y.
5. To explain di e ences sec o al ax-
onomy is clea ly mo e ele an han
i m owne ship ypology. This ac
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poin o, bo h, on he ele ance o
axonomy and on he adap a i e s a-
egies o MNCs.
6. Public g an s enhance p oduc in-
no a ion, pe haps because hey help
o sol e p oblems wi h human e-
sou ces expendi u es on conc e e
p ojec de elopmen . Bu , on he
o he hand, hey hampe p ocess in-
no a ion, e ealing weakness in hu-
man esou ces expendi u e inancing
while o p ocess inno a ion s abili y
and empo al con inui y hey a e u -
gen ly equi ed.
ANNEXE A: SECTORAL
CLASSIFICATION
Two c i e ia ha e been combined: he posi ion
o he sec o in he Spanish economy acco d-
ing o i s Re ealed Technological Ad an age
(RTA) and he in e na ional dynamism o he
sec o in e ms o i s pe cen age in wo ld o al
pa en s. The sou ce has been he US pa en
o ice and he pe iod selec ed 1993-2003, di-
ided in o wo sub pe iods. 1993-1998 and
1999-2003. Pa en s ha e been ob ained a wo
digi le el o NACE classi ica ion as p o ided
by Eu os a . RTA has been calcula ed o he
sub pe iod 1999-2003 while he echnological
dynamism o he sec o s has been es ima ed
h ough he di e ence be ween he pe cen -
ages each sec o has in o al pa en s in he
second pe iod compa ed wi h he same pe -
cen age in he i s one.
Combining he wo c i e ia we a i e a a y-
pology wi h ou cases: 1: sec o s wi h RTA > 1
and an inc ease o i s pe cen age in wo ld pa -
en s be ween he wo pe iods (
Dynamic Spe-
cialisa ion
). 2: sec o s wi h RTA<1 and a de-
c easing pa icipa ion in o al pa en ing (
Re-
ea
). 3: sec o s wi h RTA > 1 and a dec eas-
ing pa icipa ion in wo ld echnological dyna-
mism (
S a iona y Specialisa ion
) and 4: sec o s
wi h RTA < 1 and an inc easing pa icipa ion
in o al pa en s (
Los Oppo uni ies
).
SECTORAL CLASSIFICATION
Los Oppo uni ies Sec o s
Tanning, d essing o lea he ; manu ac u e o
luggage
Manu ac u e o ab ica ed me al p oduc s,
excep machine y and equipmen
Manu ac u e o o ice machine y and com-
pu e s
Manu ac u e o elec ic mo o s, gene a o s
and ans o me s
Manu ac u e o accumula o s, p ima y cells
and p ima y ba e ies
Manu ac u e o ligh ing equipmen and elec-
ic lamps
Manu ac u e o elec ical equipmen n.e.c.
Manu ac u e o elec onic al es and ubes
and o he elec onic componen s
Manu ac u e o ele ision and adio ansmi -
e s and appa a us o line elephony and line
eleg aphy
Manu ac u e o ele ision and adio ecei -
e s, sound o ideo eco ding o ep oducing
appa a us and associa ed goods
Manu ac u e o indus ial p ocess con ol
equipmen
Manu ac u e o op ical ins umen s, pho o-
g aphic equipmen
Manu ac u e o wa ches and clocks
Manu ac u e o mo o ehicles, aile s and
semi- aile s
Manu ac u e o o he anspo equipmen
Dynamic Specialisa ion Sec o s
Manu ac u e o ex iles
Manu ac u e o wea ing appa el; d essing;
dyeing o u
Manu ac u e o basic me als
Manu ac u e o machine y o he p oduc ion
and use o mechanical powe , excep ai c a ,
ehicle and cycle engines
Manu ac u e o o he gene al pu pose ma-
chine y
Manu ac u e o ag icul u al and o es y ma-
chine y
Manu ac u e o machine- ools (spli in o
DK2941, DK2942 and DK2943 in NACE
Re .1.1)
Manu ac u e o o he special pu pose ma-
chine y
Manu ac u e o domes ic appliances n.e.c.
Manu ac u e o elec ici y dis ibu ion and
con ol appa a us, manu ac u e o insula ed
wi e and cable

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Manu ac u e o u ni u e; manu ac u ing n.e.c.
Re ea Sec o s
Manu ac u e o obacco p oduc s
Manu ac u e o wood and o p oduc s o
wood and co k, excep u ni u e; manu ac u e
o a icles o s aw and plai ing ma e ials
Manu ac u e o o he non-me allic mine al
p oduc s
Manu ac u e o medical and su gical equip-
men and o hopaedic appliances
Manu ac u e o ins umen s and appliances
o measu ing, checking, es ing, na iga ing
and o he pu poses, excep indus ial p ocess
con ol equipmen
S a iona y Specialisa ion Sec o s
Manu ac u e o ood p oduc s and be e ages
Manu ac u e o pulp, pape and pape p od-
uc s
Publishing, p in ing, ep oduc ion o eco ded
media
Manu ac u e o coke, e ined pe oleum p od-
uc s and nuclea uel
Manu ac u e o basic chemicals
Manu ac u e o pes icides and o he ag o-
chemical p oduc s
Manu ac u e o pain s, a nishes and simila
coa ings, p in ing ink and mas ics
Manu ac u e o pha maceu icals, medicinal
chemicals and bo anical p oduc s
Manu ac u e o soap, de e gen s, cleaning,
polishing
Manu ac u e o o he chemical p oduc s
Manu ac u e o man-made ib es
Manu ac u e o ubbe and plas ic p oduc s
Manu ac u e o weapons and ammuni ion
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion
ANNEXE B
TABLE B1: Calcula ed Va iables.
VARIABLE CALCULUS FROM PITEC VARIABLES AND DESCRIPTIÓN
EGTINN (GTINN/CIFMED*100) Inno a ion e o
GTINNpw (GTINN/TAMMED) Expendi u e in inno a ion pe wo ke
PIDTEJCpw (PIDTEJ/TAMMED*100) R&D s a pe 100 wo ke s.
PGINTID (GINTID/GTINN*100) % In e nal R&D expendi u e
PGEXTID (GEXTID/GTINN*100) % Ex e nal R&D expendi u e
PGID (PGINTID+PGEXTID) % R&D expendi u e
PGMAQUI (GMAQUI/GTINN*100) % Expendi u e in acquisi ion o machines, equipmen and
so wa e
PGTECNO (GTECNO/GTINN*100) % Expendi u e in acquisi ion o ex e nal know-how
PGPREP (GPREP/GTINN*100) % Expendi u e in p epa a ion o p oduc ion/dis ibu ion.
PGFORM (GFORM/GTINN*100) % Expendi u e in aining
PGMARKET (GMARKET/GTINN*100) % Expendi u e in in oduc ion o inno a ions
FPRO (F1) Own unds
FEMP (F2+F3+F4) Funds om o he i ms
FEMPEXT (F11+F12) Funds om o he o eign i ms
FAP (F5+F6+F7+F8) Funds om AAPPs
FUNI (F9+F15) Uni e si y unds
FIPSFL (F10+F16) Funds om IPSFLs
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion om PITEC.
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TABLE B2: Va iables.
NAME DESCRIPTIÓN
TAMMED A e age numbe o wo ke s in he sphe e o ac i i y o which he i m belongs.
CIFMED A e age igu e o businesses in he sphe e o ac i i y o which he i m belongs
EXPMED A e age expo olume in he sphe e o ac i i y o which he i m belongs.
INVMED A e age g oss in es men in ma e ial goods in sphe e o ac i i y i belongs o.
INNOVE Ca ies ou inno a ion ac i i ies.
INNOVEM Inno a ion de eloped by i m o g oup.
INNOVEC Inno a ion de elope in coope a ion wi h o he i ms o ins i u ions.
INNOVET Inno a ion de elope by o he i ms o ins i u ions.
INNPROD Inno a ion p oduc s om ( -2) o
INNPROC Inno a ion p ocess om ( -2) o
GINTID Figu e o in e nal R&D expendi u e.
GEXTID Figu e o ex e nal R&D expendi u e.
GMAQUI Figu e o expendi u e on acquisi ion o machine y, equipmen and so wa e.
GTECNO Figu e o expendi u e on acquisi ion o ex e nal know-how.
GPREP Figu e o expendi u e on p oduc /dis ibu ion p epa a ion..
GFORM Figu e o expendi u e on aining.
GMARKET Figu e o expendi u e on in oduc ion o inno a ions.
EGTINN Inno a ion e o
PIDTEJpw EJC s a in R&D pe 100 wo ke s.
INFUN Basic o undamen al esea ch
INAPL Applied esea ch
DESTEC Technological de elopmen .
FPRO Own unds
FEMP O he i ms’ unds
FEMPEXT Funds om o he o eign i ms.
FAP AAPP unds
FUNI Uni e si y unds
FIPSFL IPSFL unds
FUE EU p og am unds
FEXT O he unds om ab oad
COOPERA Coope a ed om ( -2) a wi h o he i ms
PAT Reques o pa en s
PATNUM Numbe o eques s o pa en s
PATOEPM OEPM Pa en s
PATEPO EPO Pa en s
PATUSPTO USPTO Pa en s
PATPCT PCT Pa en s
PATINT In e na ional Pa en s (ou side OEPM)
NESTR Non- echnological inno a ion s a egy
NGEST Non- echnological inno a ion managemen
NORG Non- echnological inno a ion o ganiza ion
NMARK Non- echnological inno a ion : ma ke ing
NESTE Non- echnological inno a ion: aes he ic o subjec i e change
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion om PITEC.
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TABLE B3: Co espondences o PITEC sec o al classi ica ion and RTA-Dynamism
sec o al ypology.
PITEC SECTOR
RAMAI
D DESCRIPTION NACE_RE
V_1
SECTORAL
TYPOLOGY
02 Manu ac u e o ood p oduc s and be e ages DA_15 3 (los oppo uni ies)
03 Manu ac u e o obacco p oduc s DA_16 2 ( e ea )
04 Manu ac u e o ex iles DB_17 1 (dynamic speciali-
sa ion)
05 Manu ac u e o clo hing / d essing and dyeing
o u DB_18 1 (dynamic speciali-
sa ion)
06 Tanning and d essing o lea he / manu ac u e
o luggage, handbags, saddle y, ha ness and
oo wea DC_19 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
07 Manu ac u e o wood and o p oduc s o wood
and co k, excep u ni u e/ manu ac u e o
a icles o s aw and plai ing ma e ial DD_20 2 ( e ea )
08 Manu ac u e o pulp, pape and pape p od-
uc s DE_21 3 (los oppo uni ies)
09 Publishing, p in ing and ep oduc ion o e-
co ded media DE_22 3 (los oppo uni ies)
10 Manu ac u e o coke, e ined pe oleum p od-
uc s and nuclea uel DF_23 3 (los oppo uni ies)
11 Manu ac u e o chemicals and chemical p od-
uc s (excep Manu ac u e o pha maceu icals,
medicinal chemicals and bo anical p oduc s)
DG_24
excep
24.4 3 (los oppo uni ies)
12 Manu ac u e o pha maceu icals, medicinal
chemicals and bo anical p oduc s DG_24.4 3 (los oppo uni ies)
13 Manu ac u e o ubbe and plas ic p oduc s DH_25 3 (los oppo uni ies)
14 Manu ac u e o ce amic iles and lags DI_26.3 2 ( e ea )
15 Manu ac u e o o he non-me allic mine al
p oduc s (excep Manu ac u e o ce amic iles
and lags)
DI_26
excep
26.3 2 ( e ea )
16 Manu ac u e o basic i on and s eel and o
e ous alloys and e ous p oduc s
DJ_27.1,
27.2, 27.3,
27.51,
27.52
1 (dynamic speciali-
sa ion)
17 Manu ac u e o basic p ecious and non-
e ous me als and non- e ous p oduc s
DJ_27.4,
27.53,
27.54
1 (dynamic speciali-
sa ion)
18 Manu ac u e o ab ica ed me al p oduc s (ex-
cep machine y and equipmen ) DJ_28 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
19 Manu ac u e o machine y and equipmen
n.e.c DK_29 1 (dynamic speciali-
sa ion)
20 Manu ac u e o o ice machine y and com-
pu e s DL_30 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
21 Manu ac u e o elec ical machine y and appa-
a us n.e.c. DL_31 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
22 Manu ac u e o elec onic al es and ubes
and o he elec onic componen s DL_32.1 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
23 Manu ac u e o adio, ele ision and commu-
nica ion equipmen and appa a us DL_32
excep 321 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
24 Manu ac u e o medical, p ecision and op ical
ins umen s, wa ches and clocks DL_33 2 ( e ea )
25 Manu ac u e o mo o ehicles, aile s and
semi- aile s DM_34 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
26 Building and epai ing o ships and boa s DM_35.1 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
27 Manu ac u e o ai c a and spacec a DM_35.3 4 (s a iona y specia-
25
lisa ion)
28 Manu ac u e o o he anspo equipmen DM_35,
excep
35.1, 35.3
4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
29 Manu ac u e o u ni u e DN_36.1 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
30 Manu ac u e o games and oys DN_36.5 4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
31 Manu ac u e o games and oys DN_36,
excep
36.1,36.5
4 (s a iona y specia-
lisa ion)
Sou ce: Own elabo a ion om PITEC and OECD pa en d