Influence of the Economic Crisis on the Fulfillment of the Target of Strategy Europe 2020 in the Area of Research and Development

The chapter deals with the influence of the economic crisis on the fulfillment of one of the five targets identified in new European Union strategy called Europe 2020. It points out the fact, that research, development and innovation activities are way out of the economic crisis. There is analyzed and compared the indicator expressing the share of gross domestic expenditure on research and development on GDP in selected countries and also the structure of gross domestic expenditure on research and development. We also described expected trend of the indicator by several functions in six countries.