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Statistics Netherlands voted Best Government Organisation of the Year 2015
CBS has been chosen Best Government Organisation of the Year 2015.
More research and innovation at Dutch companies
In 2014, Dutch companies and research institutes spent over 13 billion euros on research and development (R&D), up 3 percent from 2013. The number of companies innovating has increased in recent...
ICT and Economic growth
In our present-day world, economic growth is mainly achieved through innovation and increased productivity, which puts knowledge and technology at the heart of the economic policy debate. ICT has a...
Top sector monitoring study 2014 (Dutch only)
Report including results, description of methods and tables of the monitoring study of the Dutch ‘top‘ sectors in 2014.Commissioned by: Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ)
The Rationale of spatial economic top sector policy
Cities and clusters are important from an economical point of view. According to various national and international studies, agglomeration economies mean that businesses in urban areas and clusters...
Top sectors employ over 1.6 million people
The so-called top sectors include more than 260 thousand businesses. Together, they accounted for more than one third of total output value in 2010. Two thirds of spending on innovation projects by...
Top sector monitoring study (first measurements) (Dutch only)
Report including results, description of methodology and tables from the first measurements of the monitoring study of the Dutch ‘top‘ sectors.Commissioned by: Ministry of Economic...
ICT, knowledge and the economy 2011
ICT, knowledge and the economy is the combined continuation of the seriesThe digital economy and Knowledge and the economy published annually by Statistics Netherlands until last year.
More innovation, better education and more environmental awareness required to maintain current prosperity level
The quality of life is high in the Netherlands compared to other European countries, but it seems impossible to retain this level of prosperity in the long run.
Regional innovation in the Netherlands; Community Innovation Survey 2004 and 2006 (Dutch only)
At the request of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has computed figures at a regional level of the innovative behaviour of companies. The results concern two...
Figures on the investment climate in the Netherlands 2009
This publication outlines the investment climate in the Netherlands using more than one hundred indicators. A systematic comparison is drawn between the position of the Netherlands and a fixed group...
Figures on the investment climate in the Netherlands 2007
This publication is an English-language, abridged version of the Dutch-language publication ‘Het Nederlandse ondernemingsklimaat in cijfers 2007’ that aims at presenting an adequate account of the...
Using Website texts to detect Innovative Companies
Producing an overview of innovative companies in a country is a challenging task.
Sensor data improves flash estimate for inland shipping
Innovative research has been carried out to see whether data from Rijkswaterstaat’s Information and Safety System (IVS) can be used to improve the added value and production value of inland shipping...
CBS invents method to map European e-waste
CBS has calculated annually produced e-waste quantities for all European countries.
CBS and Utrecht University start innovative survey network
The research focuses primarily on surveys using mobile devices
Unique collaboration for big data research
Description of activities of Center for Big Data Statistics
Research and innovation
CBS Innovation showcases products and services under development at an early stage
Hay fever index
Hay fever index
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
Using Website texts to detect Innovative Companies
Producing an overview of innovative companies in a country is a challenging task.
Are SMEs ready for big data?
Recent explorative research conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows that only a fraction of Dutch small
Defining types of innovation by means of text analysis
How can we get a good idea of the different types of innovation in companies in the Netherlands?
CBS introducing a voice assistant tool
Our information searching behaviour on the Internet is intensifying. We used to just type a question into a search engine, but this has become more and more obsolete