Table 3: Key Innovation and Business Performance Indicators: By Region
Number of observations |
Northern Ireland 336 |
Republic |
Scotland 333 |
South East |
Baden- Wurttem |
Bavaria 336 |
A. Knowledge Sourcing | ||||||
R&D Percentage of Workforce (%,mean) |
1.9 |
2.1 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
Non supply-chain Innovation Collaboration (%, mean) |
12.218 |
15.970 |
9.545 |
9.305 |
8.569 |
8.650 |
Supply chain Innovation Collaboration (%, mean) |
20.5 |
24.1 |
17.3 |
21.4 |
12.2 |
14.9 |
B. Innovation Indicators | ||||||
Plants introducing new products (%) |
62.8 |
67.3 |
64.4 |
78.0 |
62.0 |
72.0 |
Innovation Products as % of sales (mean) |
29.9 |
28.7 |
31.0 |
34.9 |
37.5 |
40.5 |
C. Indicators of Business Performance | ||||||
Value added per employee (£000, mean) |
28.27 |
45. 99 |
39.83 |
44.15 |
57.76 |
82.07 |
Gross profit margin (%, median) |
16.5 |
21.2 |
21.7 |
25.2 |
23.7 |
19.4 |
Source: Multi-regional Database
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