Comparing firm-level patterns of ICT adoption and R&D investment with industry and aggregate patterns

Using the new data of heterogeneous firms their investments in ICT and their RD spending as developed in WP1 Descriptive statistics and straightforward analysis will compare and contrast these microfounded indicators with the industry and aggregatelevel data as provided by the EU KLEMS project We will describe the evolution over time of ICT investments and RD patterns and compare them across countries This work will be ongoing through the duration of MICROPROD with annual updates as new data become available and will provide evidence needed in WP6