Expenditures for product and process innovations
Definition:
Current and capital expenditures on product/process innovation acitivity.
Cover expenditures for: - R&D work related to preparing the production of new and significantly improved products (product innovations) and processes (process innovations), intramural and extramural; - acquisition of external knowledge (licences, patent rights, disclosures of know-how, etc.); - acquisition of software; - acquisition and assembly of machinery and equipment as well as building, extension and modernisation of buildings designed to introduced product and process innovations; - personnel training connected with innovation activity; - marketing of new or significantly improved products; - other preparations for implementing product or process innovations.