Flash Eurobarometer 433: Innobarometer 2016 – EU business innovation trends

With more than 14.000 interviews, covering from micro-enterprises to large multinationals, the Innobarometer 2016 is one of the broadest surveys carried out in Europe to hear the voice of EU business. The survey was designed in particular to collect information about the innovation activities of companies, as well as about the progress towards industrial modernization. The results are a strong call for action on the modernisation of the EU industrial base. In fact, Innovation activities in EU businesses show signs of decline and at the same time the use of advanced manufacturing technologies in the EU industry is not making progress. On a more positive key, almost three in four companies plan to invest in innovation in the coming year. As a supporting measure, skills development is considered crucial by EU innovative companies.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer