Abbreviations and acronyms

AI

Artificial intelligence

ANZSIC

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification

APSC

Australian Public Service Commission

CAD

Computer-aided design

CAPI

Computer-assisted personal interviewing

CATI

Computer-assisted telephone interviewing

CDM

Crépon, Duguet and Mairesse

CIS

Community Innovation Survey (European Commission)

CPC

Central Product Classification (United Nations)

EC

European Commission

EIS

European Innovation Scoreboard

ESS

European Statistical System

EU

European Union

EUIPO

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Eurostat

European Commission’s Directorate-General for Statistics

FTE

Full-time equivalent

G20

Group of Twenty

GDP

Gross domestic product

HEI

Higher education institution

ICT

Information and communication technology

ILO

International Labour Organization

INSEE

Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)

IP

Intellectual property

IPP

Intellectual property product

IPRs

Intellectual property rights

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

IT

Information technology

KAU

Kind-of-activity unit

KBC

Knowledge-based capital

MMD

Micro-moments database

MNE

Multinational enterprise

NACE

Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community

NAICS

North American Industry Classification System

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NESTI

Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators

NPI

Non-profit institution

NPISHs

Non-profit institutions serving households

NSO

National statistical organisation

NSS

National statistical system

NTF

New-to-firm

NTM

New-to-market

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OM

Oslo Manual

PCT

Patent Cooperation Treaty (World Intellectual Property Organization)

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

PRI

Public research institution

RICYT

Ibero-American/Inter-American Network for Science and Technology Indicators

R&D

Research and experimental development

RHG

Response homogeneity group

SIBS

Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy (Canada)

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SNA

System of National Accounts (United Nations)

STI

Science, technology and innovation

TQM

Total Quality Management

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UIS

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UN

United Nations

UPOV

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization

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