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Science, Technology and Culture, Business Statistics
Anne-Sofie Dam Bjørkman
+45 3917 3396

asd@dst.dk

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Innovation in the private sector

The statistics is comparable from 2007 and onwards. Data is delivered to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, and to OECD, who are both publishing aggregated data in their databases.

The statistics is compiled according to an EU-regulation, describing in details which variables to deliver and for which size classes, types of activities etc. The Danish statistics is therefore comparable with the similar statistics of other EU-countries, provided that they follow the regulation.

The statistics is to a certain degree comparable with the statistics on innovation in the public sector.

Comparability - geographical

Delivery of data to Eurostat follows the rules laid down in the regulation, which means that the data cover the types of activities and size classes of enterprises, which are defines by the regulation. Thereby the statistics is comparable to the similar statistics of other EU countries.

Comparability over time

The statistics is comparable for 2007 and onwards. When taking over the responsibility of collection of innovation data, Statistics Denmark have introduced changes in the methodology, of which one is the change to a compulsory survey. The innovation statistics from 2007 and forward are therefore not directly comparable with former years. By the end of April 2009 an account was published on https://www.dst.dk/fui, describing the consequences of the changed methodology.

Coherence - cross domain

There are no other comparable Danish statistics. The results can be compared to those of other EU countries, since there is a harmonised methodological foundation.

Coherence - internal

The data are to a large extent consistent, partly as a consequence of the electronic questionnaire guiding the respondents, and partly as a reflection of validation and correction.