| Value | 
                    Category | 
                                                                            
                                    
                    
                        | -9 | 
                        Don't know (SPONTANEOUS)  | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | -8 | 
                          | 
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
                    
                                    
                    
                        | 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.