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Figure 5-16 Average total number of different types of organisations the respondents have collaborated with on product
development and market access. Split between firms with less than 5 FTEs and firms with 5 FTEs or more invested in
OWP or PV.
Finally, we asked the respondents about why international collaboration is important. Fro
m figure 5-17,we can see that international collaboration is particularly important for
access to markets
. Access to
new technology
is an important motivation for collaboration for PV firms.
Figure 5-17 Firms responding to why international collaboration is important (
yes
or
no
on each option)
We can also note that
access to capital and human resources
is not an important motivation for
international collaboration. However, we can fro
m figure 5-18 see that access to capital is an important
motivation for international collaboration for firms that have made significant investments in PV.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Domestic collaboration
International
collaboration
Domestic collaboration
International
collaboration
OWP
PV
Avg. collaboration intensity
Less than 5 FTEs
5 or more FTEs
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Access to marked Access to new
knowledge
Test/qualify new
products or
services
Access to new
technology
Access to human
resources
Access to capital
Percentage of firms
OWP PV