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Appendix table 25. Changes in the forms and meaning of university cooperation in 2014-2016 compared to before, share of enterprises with cooperation with universities

Industry Importance
increased
Importance
stayed
unchanged
Importance
decreased
No
cooperation
% % % %
All NACE -
Total
Contracted out RD 13.4 39.2 8.5 38.9
Innovation-oriented joint development 15.3 49.9 6.4 28.4
Growth in education cooperation (university researchers in enter-prises) 8.6 38.5 6.9 45.9
The enterprise has used universities’ research and laboratory infrastructure and services 11.6 41.0 10.2 37.2
Demo, piloting and product testing 9.9 36.5 11.4 42.2
Theses 16.8 56.6 9.0 17.7
Recruitment of new experts from universities to the enterprise 17.6 45.9 8.2 28.3
Other changes 2.3 0.5 0.2 97.0
Manu-
facturing
Contracted out RD 14.8 48.4 9.8 27.0
Innovation-oriented joint development 14.5 54.7 8.1 22.6
Growth in education cooperation (university researchers in enter-prises) 6.8 41.3 7.0 44.9
The enterprise has used universities’ research and laboratory infrastructure and services 15.5 44.4 12.1 28.1
Demo, piloting and product testing 12.1 40.7 12.3 34.9
Theses 15.8 56.5 9.7 18.1
Recruitment of new experts from universities to the enterprise 10.5 48.9 9.0 31.6
Other changes 1.8 0.9 0.2 97.0
Services Contracted out RD 11.7 27.7 6.8 53.8
Innovation-oriented joint development 16.4 43.8 4.3 35.5
Growth in education cooperation (university researchers in enter-prises) 10.8 35.1 6.9 47.2
The enterprise has used universities’ research and laboratory infrastructure and services 6.9 36.7 7.9 48.5
Demo, piloting and product testing 7.3 31.3 10.1 51.3
Theses 18.0 56.7 8.2 17.1
Recruitment of new experts from universities to the enterprise 26.5 42.2 7.2 24.1
Other changes 2.9 0.0 0.1 97.0

Source: Innovation 2016, Statistics Finland

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Updated 12.4.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Innovation [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-4399. 2016, Appendix table 25. Changes in the forms and meaning of university cooperation in 2014-2016 compared to before, share of enterprises with cooperation with universities . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
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