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National system of innovation in Slovenia
research and looser ties with business sector. Yet since 1996 10 the business sector
has picked up the R&D investment to the current level where today it provides for
major source of funding for R&D.
In terms of R&D input indicators (the number of researchers, the amount
of public R&D investment, and the high level of business R&D investment),
Slovenia scores relatively well in comparison to the EU average and is grouped
in the category of ‘moderate innovator.’ More problematic is the output side,
particularly if measured by number of innovative firms or the number of patents
(EIS 2009). The EIS 2009 Report (EIS 2010) shows that Slovenia’s scores
are higher comparing to the EU average in the field of Human resources and
Innovators, while there is a problem especially in the field of Throughputs and
firm investments.
Figure 3.2: Average efficiency of R&D spending and share of expenditure on R&D in
GDP
0,9
0,8
0,7
0,6
0,5
0,4
0,3
CY
BG
MT
GR
SK
LT
PT
EE
HU
IT
ES
IE
CZ
LU
UK
NO
NL
SI
AT
FR
US
DK
BE
DE
CH
JP
FI
SE
0,2
0,1
1,0
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0
RO
LV
PL
Source: Measuring the efficiency of public spending on R&D (EC) 2009.
Note: Efficiency of R&D spending is measured by the number of patents per million of population
and scientific excellence (number of scientific publications per million of population and
their quotations). *Due to the comparability and availability of data, the figure shows data for
2001–2006 for all countries, while for Slovenia the latest data are also available, indicating positive
shifts.
10 In 1993, the business sector contributed 38 % of R&D expenditures; while the public sector
share accounted for 58 % (total R&D expenditure in 1993 was 171 million EUR). Already by
1996, the business sector’s allocation was higher and amounted to 49 % of total expenditures
of 217 million EUR (Bučar and Stare 2006).