R&D funding flows of companies going abroad and coming from abroad

Investments

Data publication

How do the Dutch Research & Development funding flows go from and to companies abroad? In this data publication we compare the incoming and outgoing R&D funding flows for companies (going abroad and coming from abroad).

In short

  • Dutch companies also finance R&D abroad in addition to R&D in the Netherlands.
  • However, Dutch companies also receive R&D financing from abroad. Mostly from the same kind of company.
  • In 2022, companies received 1.567 billion euros for R&F from foreign sources.
Source: Statistics Netherlands
Notes: The outgoing R&D funding flow is mainly going to foreign companies. The incoming R&D funding flow is coming from companies abroad, but also from international organizations such as the EU. The figures for 2022 are preliminary.In 2019 the CBS brought the Dutch R&D-statistics into line with the international guidelines as written down in the Frascati manual (2015). This revision has been passed through as of 2013. More information on the revision can be found in the section ‘about the data’ at the bottom of the factsheet funding and performance of R&D in the Netherlands. 

Facts and figures

  • 1.567 billion

    R&D-expenditure companies received from abroad, 2022

  • 3.697 billion

    R&D-expenditure spent on research abroad, 2022

  • -2.130 billion

    Difference in R&D-expenditure received from abroad and spent abroad, 2022.

Analysis
Dutch companies not only finance R&D within their own company or at Dutch public knowledge institutions, but also finance R&D abroad. In addition, Dutch companies receive financial R&D-resources from abroad. These financing flows to and from abroad largely concern flows between parts of the same group.
 

Download this Excel file for data since 1990

For an explanation of the used definitions and abbreviations we refer to the webpage Definitions for Science in Figures.

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