Page 20 - IDEA Study 8 2017 Direct subsidies and R&D output in firms

Descriptive overview Table 2 provides details of how the sample for estimation is derived, by programme and call. The total number of programme participants irrespective of their legal form, thus including for instance public research organizations, is reported in the first column. The total number of business enterprises participating in the programmes defined by the five legal forms stated above is given in the second column, which is then further narrowed down to those present in the Amadeus database and in additional only to those with their principal activity classified in one the six selected sectors in the third and fourth columns, respectively. Finally, the last column contains the latter, for which full data are available for estimation; this constitutes the “effective” sample. The main sample reduction is clearly due to absence from the Amadeus database. For those recorded in Amadeus in the selected sectors, the drop-out due to missing data on particular variables is quite small, only 9-12% by programme, which is marginal. Table 2. Number of programme participants Programme Year Effective sample with full data IMPULS call 1 - 2004 76 call 2-2005 76 call 3-2006 83 call 4-2007 85 call 5-2008 84 TOTAL 404 TIP call 1 - 2009 167 call 2 - 2010 89 call 3 - 2011 139 call 4 - 2012 93 TOTAL 488 ALFA call 1 - 2011 135 call 2 - 2012 126 call 3 - 2013 114 TOTAL 375 In the next step, we compare firms’ propensities to apply for Czech and international IP protection between those that participated in the subsidy programmes and those that did not. The initial hypothesis is that the subsidies provide additional incentives to generate Total (including public organizations) Total business enterprises Business enterprises in Amadeus Business enterprises in Amadeus in the selected sectors 181 151 77 76 155 132 94 87 173 150 103 100 172 156 108 101 178 149 102 96 859 738 484 460 436 391 174 167 163 144 108 103 270 231 178 163 187 158 125 119 1056 924 585 552 347 277 149 136 327 264 162 142 241 193 150 133 915 734 461 411 18