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19 thousand Dutch companies implemented technological innovations in the period 2012-2014.

Interacting and sharing ideas on an international scale

CBS has been chosen Best Government Organisation of the Year 2015.

In 2014, Dutch companies and research institutes spent over 13 billion euros on research and development (R&D), up 3 percent from 2013. The number of companies innovating has increased in recent...

In our present-day world, economic growth is mainly achieved through innovation and increased productivity, which puts knowledge and technology at the heart of the economic policy debate. ICT has a...

Report including results, description of methods and tables of the monitoring study of the Dutch ‘top‘ sectors in 2014.Commissioned by: Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ)

Cities and clusters are important from an economical point of view. According to various national and international studies, agglomeration economies mean that businesses in urban areas and clusters...

The so-called top sectors include more than 260 thousand businesses. Together, they accounted for more than one third of total output value in 2010. Two thirds of spending on innovation projects by...

Report including results, description of methodology and tables from the first measurements of the monitoring study of the Dutch ‘top‘ sectors.Commissioned by: Ministry of Economic...

ICT, knowledge and the economy is the combined continuation of the seriesThe digital economy and Knowledge and the economy published annually by Statistics Netherlands until last year.

The quality of life is high in the Netherlands compared to other European countries, but it seems impossible to retain this level of prosperity in the long run.

At the request of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has computed figures at a regional level of the innovative behaviour of companies. The results concern two...

This publication outlines the investment climate in the Netherlands using more than one hundred indicators. A systematic comparison is drawn between the position of the Netherlands and a fixed group...

This publication is an English-language, abridged version of the Dutch-language publication ‘Het Nederlandse ondernemingsklimaat in cijfers 2007’ that aims at presenting an adequate account of the...

Producing an overview of innovative companies in a country is a challenging task.

CBS has calculated annually produced e-waste quantities for all European countries.

Innovative research has been carried out to see whether data from Rijkswaterstaat’s Information and Safety System (IVS) can be used to improve the added value and production value of inland shipping...

The research focuses primarily on surveys using mobile devices

On the innovationportal CBS presents its services and products in development in the field of innovation.

Recent explorative research conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows that only a fraction of Dutch small

CBS Innovation showcases products and services under development at an early stage

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is focusing more and more on the use of big data for official statistics production.

How can we get a good idea of the different types of innovation in companies in the Netherlands?

The aim of the annual DataCamp event is to find solutions for complex issues by using big data.