Potters, Lesley - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2009
of mature sectors, such as textiles and wood. These sectors form an important part of the EU economy. Low-tech sectors … share of value added. In the EU15, the low tech sectors account for about 32% of total value added of the whole … manufacturing sector, while the high-tech sectors only account for about 6%. Logically, the role of R&D is much smaller. In the EU …