Study title

Innovations in European companies.Topics: innovative activities of the company in the last two years: introduction of new or significantly improved goods, introduction of new or significantly improved services, introduction of new or significantly improved production processes, introduction of new or significantly improved logistics or distribution services, introduction of new or significantly improved support processes, introduction of new or significantly improved organisational methods, patent application, research and development within the company, research and development performed by other companies for own enterprise; investment in innovation activities in the last year; percentage of the company’s total spending in 2006 invested in research and development; development of the following types of innovation in the last two years without using R&D activities: products, processes, organisational methods; predominant type of innovation; staff training needs with regard to the aforementioned types of innovation; most important department with regard to ideas for innovative activities; introduction of new or significantly improved products to customers in the last two years using the following methods of innovating: selling on products of other producers with little or no modification, modifying products of other producers, developing new or significantly improved products in-house, developing new or significantly improved products in collaboration with partners; support with regard to modifying products of other producers from: original developer, companies that use similar products, customers, external experts; introduction of new or significantly improved processes in the last two years using the following methods of innovating: acquiring processes developed by other producers with little or no modification, modifying processes of other producers, developing new or significantly improved processes in-house, developing new or significantly improved processes...