| Value | Category | 
                                    
                    
                        | -9 | Don't know (SPONTANEOUS) | 
                                    
                    
                        | 1 | Developed or adapted by this establishment | 
                                    
                    
                        | 2 | Licensed technology or process from another firm | 
                                    
                    
                        | 3 | Developed in cooperation with domestic suppliers | 
                                    
                    
                        | 4 | Developed in cooperation with suppliers abroad | 
                                    
                    
                        | 5 | Developed in cooperation with domestic client firms | 
                                    
                    
                        | 6 | Developed in cooperation with client firms abroad | 
                                    
                    
                        | 7 | Developed in cooperation with external academic or research institutions | 
                                    
                    
                        | 8 | Bought a new machine or equipment to adopt the new technology | 
                                    
                    
                        | 9 |  | 
                                    
                    
                        | Sysmiss |  | 
                            
            Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.