Machinery and equipment (in capital R&D expenditures)

Definition

Machinery and equipment cover major (i.e. capitalised) machinery and equipment acquired for use in the performance of R&D.

Data source

R&D surveys.

Source definition

OECD (2015), Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development.

Purpose

To break down R&D expenditure by type of costs.