Innovation-active enterprises, as a share of all enterprises

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INNOVATION-ACTIVE ENTERPRISES,AS A SHARE OF ALL ENTERPRISES

(Per cent)
	2020
	Innovation-active enterprises	Enterprises with product innovation	Enterprises with business process innovation
Total	36.2	22.8	25.8
By industries (NACE Rev. 2)
Industry¹	41.0	26.3	28.5
Services²	31.5	19.4	23.2
By size class of enterprises (by number of persons employed)
10 - 49	31.1	20.4	21.5
50 - 249	50.5	30.0	37.4
250 or more	76.8	41.1	64.1
¹ Included are NACE Rev. 2 sections B, C, D and E.
² Included are NACE Rev. 2 sections Н, J and К, and NACE Rev. 2 divisions 46, 71, 72 and 73.

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Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

INNOVATION ACTIVITY - Main indicators for innovation activities of enterprises
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Science, Innovation and Information Society Department
Contact name	Nadia Katerinkina
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 167
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified	30 June 2022
Metadata last posted	30 June 2022
Metadata last update	30 June 2022
Statistical presentation
Data description	The statistical survey on innovation activity is conducted every even year and the observation period covered by the survey is the three-year period. The survey provides internationally comparable information on product and business process innovations introduced in the enterprises in Bulgaria.
Classification system	· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008); · Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
Sector coverage	Units of observation are all enterprises of non-financial and financial sector with 10 or more persons employed engaged primarily in the following economic activities (NACE.BG-2008): Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transportation and storage; Information and communication; Financial and insurance activities; Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis; Scientific research and development; Advertising and market research.
Statistical concepts and definitions	An innovation is a new or improved product (good or service) or business process that differs significantly from the enterprise’s previous products or business processes and that has been implemented on the market or brought into use by the enterprise. An innovation-active enterprise is an enterprise, which during the observation period is engaged in one or more activities to develop or implement new or improved products or business processes. A product innovation is a new or improved good or service that differs significantly from the enterprise’s previous goods or services and that has been implemented on the market. It includes significant changes to the design of the goods. Simple re-sale of new goods and changes of a solely aesthetic nature are excluded. A business process innovation is a new or improved business process for one or more business functions that differs significantly from the enterprises’s previous business processes and that has been implemented within the firm. Business process innovations include new or improved methods for: · producing goods or providing services; · logistics, delivery or distribution; · information processing or communication; · accounting or other administrative operations; · business practices for organising procedures or external relations; · organising work responsibility, decision making or human resource management; · marketing methods for promotion, packaging, pricing, product placement or after sales services. Innovation co-operation is active participation with other enterprises or institutions in innovation projects. Pure contracting out of work with no active co-operation in innovation projects is not considered as a co-operation. Innovation activity includes all developmental, financial and commercial activities undertaken by the enterprise that are intended to result in innovations.
Statistical unit	Enterprise.
Statistical population	The Innovation survey is exhaustive and the statistical population includes all non-financial and financial enterprises with 10 or more persons employed engaged in the economic activities (NACE.BG-2008) referred to in item Sector coverage.
Reference area	The data refer to the activities of non-financial and financial enterprises carried out in the country.
Time coverage	Since 2004 - the last reference year (only the even years).
Base period	Not applicable.
Unit of measure
CIS data - Absolute value and Percentage; Innovation expenditures and turnover - Thousand BGN.
Reference period
Every even year.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements	EU Legislation: · Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2003 concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology; · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of 26 October 2012 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1608/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology. National Legal basis: · Law on Statistics; · National Statistical Programme.
Data sharing	Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment	The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises or one enterprise formed more than 85% of the total value of this indicator.
Release policy
Release calendar	The deadline for dissemination of the statistical information on innovation activity is specified in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access	The calendar is available on the NSI website.
User access	Data are published on the NSI web site and on NSI information system INFOSTAT and are available to all users of statistical information.
Frequency of dissemination
Every even year.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release
Publications	· Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference book.
On-line database	Data are available for all users on the NSI website and on NSI information system INFOSTAT under the heading R&D, Innovation and Information Society.
Micro-data access	According to Rules for provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes of the National Statistical Institute.
Other	Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI.
Documentation on methodology	Methodological manual 'Oslo Manual' (Guidelines for collecting, reporting and using data on innovation - Oslo Manual, 2018).
Quality documentation	Quality reports on Innovation statistics.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Statistical practices used to compile the data on innovation activity of enterprises are in compliance with Oslo Manual recommendations.
Quality assessment	Performed by standard criteria for quality assessment - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence.
Relevance
User needs	Main users of the data on innovation activity of enterprises are ministries, research institutions and other users in the country, as well as Eurostat and other international organizations.
User satisfaction	Not conducted the satisfaction survey.
Completeness	In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of the Commission the required data completeness is ensured for all variables.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical data are of good accuracy and reliability.
Sampling error	The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	Data are published 18 months after the end of the reference period.
Punctuality	Deadlines for the data delivery on innovation activity of enterprises, specified in the Release Calendar, are strictly followed.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	In order to ensure comparability across countries, Eurostat, in close cooperation with the EU Member States and other countries developed a standard core questionnaire for each CIS, with an accompanying set of definitions and methodological recommendations which are adopted by all countries and are fully consistent with the definitions in the methodological manual 'Oslo Manual'.
Comparability - over time	Data are comparable over time.
Coherence - cross domain	Data obtained from the Innovation survey are coherent with R&D data.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Data revision
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	Statistical survey on innovation activity of enterprises.
Frequency of data collection	Every even year.
Data collection	Exhaustive survey of all enterprises of non-financial and financial sector with 10 or more persons employed. Data are collected using a paper and electronic (on-line) questionnaire included in the annual reports on the activities of enterprises.
Data validation	Data validation is done through arithmetic and logic control of input data and comparison of the output data with the results of previous surveys and data from administrative sources.
Data compilation	The Innovation survey is exhaustive survey and no estimates are made.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
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INNOVATION ACTIVITY - Main indicators for innovation activities of enterprises
Contact
Contact organisation	National Statistical Institute
Contact organisation unit	Science, Innovation and Information Society Department
Contact name	Nadia Katerinkina
Contact person function	State expert
Contact mail address	2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact email address	[email protected]
Contact phone number	+359 2 9857 167
Contact fax number
Statistical presentation
Data description	The statistical survey on innovation activity is conducted every even year and the observation period covered by the survey is the three-year period. The survey provides internationally comparable information on product and business process innovations introduced in the enterprises in Bulgaria.
Classification system	· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008); · Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
Sector coverage	Units of observation are all enterprises of non-financial and financial sector with 10 or more persons employed engaged primarily in the following economic activities (NACE.BG-2008): Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities; Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; Transportation and storage; Information and communication; Financial and insurance activities; Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis; Scientific research and development; Advertising and market research.
Statistical concepts and definitions	An innovation is a new or improved product (good or service) or business process that differs significantly from the enterprise’s previous products or business processes and that has been implemented on the market or brought into use by the enterprise. An innovation-active enterprise is an enterprise, which during the observation period is engaged in one or more activities to develop or implement new or improved products or business processes. A product innovation is a new or improved good or service that differs significantly from the enterprise’s previous goods or services and that has been implemented on the market. It includes significant changes to the design of the goods. Simple re-sale of new goods and changes of a solely aesthetic nature are excluded. A business process innovation is a new or improved business process for one or more business functions that differs significantly from the enterprises’s previous business processes and that has been implemented within the firm. Business process innovations include new or improved methods for: · producing goods or providing services; · logistics, delivery or distribution; · information processing or communication; · accounting or other administrative operations; · business practices for organising procedures or external relations; · organising work responsibility, decision making or human resource management; · marketing methods for promotion, packaging, pricing, product placement or after sales services. Innovation co-operation is active participation with other enterprises or institutions in innovation projects. Pure contracting out of work with no active co-operation in innovation projects is not considered as a co-operation. Innovation activity includes all developmental, financial and commercial activities undertaken by the enterprise that are intended to result in innovations.
Statistical unit	Enterprise.
Statistical population	The Innovation survey is exhaustive and the statistical population includes all non-financial and financial enterprises with 10 or more persons employed engaged in the economic activities (NACE.BG-2008) referred to in item Sector coverage.
Reference area	The data refer to the activities of non-financial and financial enterprises carried out in the country.
Time coverage	Since 2004 - the last reference year (only the even years).
Base period	Not applicable.
Statistical processing
Source data	Statistical survey on innovation activity of enterprises.
Frequency of data collection	Every even year.
Data collection	Exhaustive survey of all enterprises of non-financial and financial sector with 10 or more persons employed. Data are collected using a paper and electronic (on-line) questionnaire included in the annual reports on the activities of enterprises.
Data validation	Data validation is done through arithmetic and logic control of input data and comparison of the output data with the results of previous surveys and data from administrative sources.
Data compilation	The Innovation survey is exhaustive survey and no estimates are made.
Adjustment	Not applicable.
Quality management
Quality assurance	Statistical practices used to compile the data on innovation activity of enterprises are in compliance with Oslo Manual recommendations.
Quality assessment	Performed by standard criteria for quality assessment - relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness, comparability and coherence.
Relevance
User needs	Main users of the data on innovation activity of enterprises are ministries, research institutions and other users in the country, as well as Eurostat and other international organizations.
User satisfaction	Not conducted the satisfaction survey.
Completeness	In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 995/2012 of the Commission the required data completeness is ensured for all variables.
Data completeness - rate	Data are produced in all required breakdowns for the obligatory variables according to Regulation (EU) No 995/2012. Additional data breakdowns are also compiled in order to satisfy user needs.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy	The statistical data are of good accuracy and reliability.
Sampling error	The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors.
Sampling errors - indicators	The survey is exhaustive and there are no sampling errors.
Non-sampling error	Not applicable.
Coverage error	There are no indications for coverage errors.
Over-coverage - rate	There is no over-coverage.
Common units - proportion	Not applicable.
Measurement error	In order to minimize the measurement errors, because of misunderstanding of the respondents, the questionnaire on innovation activity of enterprises is attended with methodological explanatory notes in line with Oslo Manual recommendations.
Non response error	Actions to reduce the non-response include sending the reminder letters, supplemented if needed, by telephone calls and/or direct contact with the respondents for collection of data.
Unit non-response - rate	Unit non-response error is within 1%.
Item non-response - rate	There is not item non-response error.
Processing error	Processing errors are negligible due to extensive arithmetic and logical checking control of data.
Imputation - rate	Not applicable.
Model assumption error	Not applicable.
Seasonal adjustment	Not applicable.
Data revision - policy	Not applicable.
Data revision - practice	Not applicable.
Data revision - average size	Not applicable.
Timeliness and punctuality
Timeliness	Data are published 18 months after the end of the reference period.
Time lag - first results
Time lag - final results	Final data - 18 months after the end of the reference period.
Punctuality	Deadlines for the data delivery on innovation activity of enterprises, specified in the Release Calendar, are strictly followed.
Punctuality - delivery and publication	Data on innovation activity of enterprises are published at the date specified in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the NSI.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical	In order to ensure comparability across countries, Eurostat, in close cooperation with the EU Member States and other countries developed a standard core questionnaire for each CIS, with an accompanying set of definitions and methodological recommendations which are adopted by all countries and are fully consistent with the definitions in the methodological manual 'Oslo Manual'.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient	Not applicable.
Comparability - over time	Data are comparable over time.
Length of comparable time series
Coherence - cross domain	Data obtained from the Innovation survey are coherent with R&D data.
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics	Not applicable.
Coherence - National Accounts	Not applicable.
Coherence - internal	Not applicable.
Accessibility and clarity
News release	Regular press release
Publications	· Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference book.
On-line database	Data are available for all users on the NSI website and on NSI information system INFOSTAT under the heading R&D, Innovation and Information Society.
Data tables - consultations
Micro-data access	According to Rules for provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes of the National Statistical Institute.
Other	Information service on request, according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services of NSI.
Metadata - consultations
Documentation on methodology	Methodological manual 'Oslo Manual' (Guidelines for collecting, reporting and using data on innovation - Oslo Manual, 2018).
Metadata completeness – rate
Quality documentation	Quality reports on Innovation statistics.
Cost and burden
Not applicable.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality - policy	· Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality – data treatment	The individual (primary) data are confidential according to the Law on Statistics and European legislation. To ensure their protection and inability to be identified, the aggregated indicators are also defined as confidential when the indicator is calculated from one or two enterprises or one enterprise formed more than 85% of the total value of this indicator.
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Statistical Reference Book 2013 (Bulgarian version)

Wednesday, 26 June 2013 - 14:18

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2013 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agr

Bulgaria 2013

Wednesday, 19 June 2013 - 10:56

The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2013 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2007 - 2012 period. It also inclu

Statistical Reference Book 2012

Monday, 27 August 2012 - 17:19

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in English.

The Statistical Reference Book represents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2007 - 2011 period.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,

Statistical Reference Book 2012 (Bulgarian version)

Tuesday, 24 July 2012 - 17:01

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2012 in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - ind

Bulgaria 2012

Friday, 22 June 2012 - 16:20

The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2012 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2006 - 2011 period. It also inclu

Statistical Yearbook 2011

Friday, 22 June 2012 - 10:53

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 79^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2005 - 2010 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According

Statistical Reference Book 2011

Tuesday, 26 July 2011 - 17:30

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2011 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments

Bulgaria 2011

Tuesday, 5 July 2011 - 09:00

The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2011 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2005 - 2010 period. It also

Statistical Yearbook 2010

Monday, 20 June 2011 - 14:41

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 78^t^h edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.

It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2004 - 2009 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to th

Statistical Yearbook 2009

Thursday, 30 December 2010 - 14:00

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 77th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format. The issue is published in 2010, which marks 130 years since the establishment of a statistical institution in Bulgaria and 100 years since publishing of the first ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Bulgarian Kingdom’ in 1910.

This issue has new design and layout. It provides current statistical information about the de

Statistical Reference Book 2010

Friday, 1 October 2010 - 15:09

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2010 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments

Bulgaria 2010

Friday, 16 July 2010 - 15:00

The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2010 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2003 - 2009 period. It also inclu

Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 2 July 2010 - 17:48

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2009. Comparisons with the previuous 2008, the basic 2000 and the year 1995 are also made. The publication considers trends and structural changes occurring in the country. Results from pilot Eurostat projects and one-time surveys in the respective fields are being used.

Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2008

Monday, 28 June 2010 - 14:56

The National Statistical Institute offers to the users of statistical information the annual publication “Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2008”. The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and is structured in sections and subsections, as each subsection contains short analytical text and charts.

The information is systematized in the following sections:

Socioeconomic development;
Sustainable consumption and production;
Social inclusion;
Demographic changes;
Public health;
Climate chang

Statistical Reference Book 2009

Friday, 4 December 2009 - 00:00

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2009 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The issue is with a new design and enrich contents. For the first time are included methodological and analytic notes towards all chapters. The information is illustrated with a rich graphic materials.

The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural

Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama

Friday, 4 September 2009 - 14:55

The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2008 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2008. Comparisons with the preceding years are made and the tendencies of the development and the current structural changes are considered.

The publication is formed topically by sections, as each section contains short analytical text with charts and tables. The mai

Bulgaria 2009

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 - 10:57

The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2009 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, businessmen, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2003 - 2008 period. It also inclu

Statistical Yearbook 2008

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 - 11:03

The National Statistical Institute has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 76th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008. It provides topical statistical information on the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2002 - 2007 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.

According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Statistical System, which co

Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2007

Monday, 20 October 2008 - 14:54

The National Statistical Institute offers to the users of statistical information the new annual publication Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2007. The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and is structured in sections and subsections, as each subsection contains short analytical text and charts.

The information is systematized in the following sections:

• Socioeconomic development;

• Sustainable consumption and production;

• Social inclusion;

Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008

Friday, 27 June 2008 - 16:08

The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information one of its main publications - Statistical Reference Book of the Republic of Bulgaria 2008 in English. It is a concise form of the same issue in Bulgarian.

The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross dom