Critical Factors - Technology

The following is a list of critical science and technology factors. Please rate their importance using the following 1-5 scale, where ‘1’ corresponds to ‘very high’ and ‘5’ to ‘very low’. Use ‘9’ if you do not know or have no opinion.
  • Research and development expenditures
  • Technological innovation 
  • Extent to which technological change revolutionizes the way of life  
  • Diffusion and uptake of technologies by the market

Importance of critical technology factors (%)
RTD expenditures Technological innovations Technological revolution Diffusion
  Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 1 Wave 2
very high

1

 27,0 12,7 44,0 37,5 29,7 14,8 35,1 20,0
2 45,9 63,6 39,0 53,6 38,6 48,1 44,2 60,0
3 20,1 23,6 14,5 8,9 25,3 24,1 16,2 18,2
4 6,3 0,0 2,5 0,0 5,1 13,0 3,2 1,8
very low

5

 0,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 1,3 0,0 1,3 0,0
Total valid

N

 159 55 159 56 158 54 154 55


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