High tech industries and knowledge based services - Issue number 13/2006 - Products Statistics in Focus

The publication presents data showing the importance of R&D and Human Resources in Science and Technology. HRST represented 47% of total employment in services, but only 29% in the manufacturing sector in 2004, the share of Scientists and Engineers (S&E) among HRST varying markedly across sectors. In the total services sector the proportion of women among HRST was higher than in the manufacturing sector. In 2003, the proportion of researchers among business enterprise R&D personnel was generally higher in the high tech manufacturing sector than in the manufacturing sector as a whole.