TECHNOLOGY BAROMETER Mika Naumanen Technology Studies VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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TECHNOLOGY BAROMETERMika Naumanen Technology
StudiesVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Technology barometer

• Economic survey -type of tool to assess a
  nations inclination towards innovation and
  technological development
• Indicator and attitude survey parts
• Measure inclination towards information,
  knowledge and knowledge-value societies as well
  as sustainable development
• Attitude surveys focus on youngsters, TEK members
  and political and business decision makers

indicators
Knowledge society barometer
Indicator analyses
Attitude surveys
Attitudes
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VTT TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUS
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From Information to Knowledge-Value Society
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
General skills and knowledge
Information production and capabilities
development by investments in human capital and
research and development
Information Society
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From Information to Knowledge-Value Society
Impact of RD
Know- ledge Society
Applications of IC technologies
ST capabilities
An economy, which is directed by knowledge and
where the generation and utilization of knowledge
is essential for the creation of wealth
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From Information to Knowledge-Value Society
Impact of RD
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
Entrepreneurship and venturing
Applications of IC technologies
General skills and knowledge
Innovation networks
Innovative procedures
ST capabilities
Innovation, technological development, openness
to new ideas, their proactive exploitation and
are the driving forces of this networked society
Knowledge- Value Society
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From Information to Knowledge-Value Society
Impact of RD
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
The development meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of the future
generations to meet their own ones
Entrepreneurship and venturing
Applications of IC technologies
General skills and knowledge
Innovation networks
Innovative procedues
ST capabilities
Environmental systems
Environmental responsibility
Societal values
Sustainable Development
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Knowledge society indicators Aggregate measure
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Nations wrt Information - Knowledge-Value Society
Distinction
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Information Society
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
General skills and knowledge
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Information Society

• Basic education and Schooling
• Reading literacy in PISA
• Mathematical literacy in PISA
• Scientific literacy in PISA
• General skills and knowledge
• International Adult Literacy Survey
• Prose, Document, and Quantitative literacy
• Participation in life-long learning
• Investment in RD
• Public RD expenditures ( GDP)
• Business expenditure on RD ( GDP)
• Innovation expenditures as a percent of all
  manufacturing turnover

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Knowledge Society
Impact of RD
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
Applications of IC technologies
General skills and knowledge
ST capabilities
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Knowledge Society

• Science and technology capabilities
• Population with a tertiary education
• New graduates in science and engineering
• New science and technology PhDs
• Women in ST
• Employment in med-high and high-tech
  manufacturing
• Employment in high-tech services
• Number of researchers in relation to the total
  workforce
• Applications of IC technologies
• Value of ICT markets to GDP
• Use of ICT
• eCommerce
• Scientific and Technological Productivity

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Knowledge SocietyScientific and Technological
Productivity

• Number of patents at the European and US patent
  offices per capita
• Number of scientific publications
• Number of highly cited papers per capita
• Labor productivity
• Percent manufacturing value added in high
  technology industries
• High-tech and medium high-tech industries share
  of total output
• Knowledge intensive services share of total
  output
• Technology balance of payments receipts as a
  proportion of GDP
• Balance of payments of high-tech products
• New to market products (percent of all
  manufacturing sales)

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Knowledge-Value Society
Impact of RD
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
Entrepreneurship and venturing
Applications of IC technologies
General skills and knowledge
Innovation networks
Innovative procedures
ST capabilities
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Knowledge-Value Society

• Adaptation of innovative procedures
• Share of SMEs in publicly funded RD executed by
  the business sector
• SMEs innovating in-house ( of manufacturing
  SMEs)
• Manufacturing SMEs involved in innovation
  cooperation
• Entrepreneurship and venturing
• Entrepreneurial Activity
• Volume of venture capital investment in early
  stages
• Business angels activity
• Innovation networks
• Internationalisation of RD activities
• Openness to international trade
• Percentage of innovative firms co-operating with
  other

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Sustainable development
Impact of RD
Basic education and schooling
Investments in RD
Entrepreneurship and venturing
Applications of IC technologies
General skills and knowledge
Innovation networks
Innovative procedues
ST capabilities
Environmental systems
Environmental responsibility
Societal values
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Sustainable development

• Societal values
• Life and health expectancies
• Social protection expenditure
• Employment
• Equality between sexes
• Environmental responsibility
• Private Sector Responsiveness
• Climate Change
• Eco-Efficiency
• Environmental Systems
• Air Quality
• Water Quality
• Biodiversity

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From One to Many
Compe- tent Organi- zations
Innova- tive Societies
Capable Persons
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How about in the future?