100
103
106
109
112
115
Belgium OECD total
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
Belgium OECD total
Belgium OECD total
Unemployment rate
Youth unemployment rate
8%11%
Vulnerable employment
22%
(a) P ublic R &D expenditure (per GD P ) (d) B us iness R &D expenditure (per GD P ) (h) Venture capital (per GD P )
(b) To p 500 univers it ies (per GD P ) (e) To p 500 co rpo rate R &D inves to rs (per GD P ) (i) Yo ung patent ing f irm s (per GD P )
(c ) P ublicat io ns in the to p jo urnals (per GD P ) (f ) T riadic patent fam ilies (per GD P ) (j) Ease o f entrepreneurship index
(g) T radem arks (per GD P )
(k ) IC T inves tm ent (per GD P ) (o ) Indus try-f inanced public R &D expenditure (per GD P ) (s ) Tert iary educat io n expenditure (per GD P )
(l) F ixed bro adband subscript io ns (per po pulat io n) (p) P atents f iled by univers it ies and public labs (per GD P ) (t ) A dult po pulat io n at tert iary educat io n level (%)
(m ) Wireless bro adband subscript io ns (per po pulat io n) (q) Internat io nal co -autho rship (%) (u) To p adult perfo rm ers in techno lo gy pro blem -so lv ing (%)
(n) E-go vernm ent develo pm ent index (r) Internat io nal co -invent io n (%) (v ) To p 15 year-o ld perfo rm ers in sc ience (%)
(w) D o c to ral graduate rate in sc ience and engineering (%)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)
Top/Bottom 5 OECD values Midd le range o f OECD values OECD median Belgium
Univer sities and public r esear ch
R&D and innovation in fir ms Innovative entr epr eneur ship
Top half OECD
Bottom half OECD
100
0
200
150
50
a. Competences and capacity to innovate
(k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) (r) (s) (t) (u) (v) (w)
Networ ks, c luster s and tr ansfer s
ICT and Inter net infr astr uctur es
Skills for innovation
Top half OECD
Bottom half OECD
100
0
200
150
50
b. Interactions and skills for innovation
0
20
40
60
80
100Industry
High-techmanufacturing
High-knowledgemarket services
Primary andresource-based
industries
Large firms
Foreign affiliates
Services
Medium to low-techmanufacturing
Low-knowledgeservices
Non-resource-basedmanufacturing
industries
SMEs
Domestic firms
OECD Belgium Belgium (2007)
50.4 59.3 23.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Biotechnologies ICT Environment-relatedtechnologies
OECD median Belgium EU28 Belgium (2000-03)
% of IP5 patent families applications filed by universities and PRIs
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General references
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Competitivegrants
Debtfinancing andrisk-sharingmechanisms
Repayableadvances
Technologyconsulting
Innovationvouchers
Equityfinancing
Publicprocurement
Taxincentives for
businessR&D
Taxincentives forIP revenues
and otherprofits
Other taxbase
Belgium OECD median
Direct fundingIndirect funding