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Peculiarities and Relevance on Non-Research-Intensive
Industries in the Knowledge-Based Economy
Among the most important results of the PILOT project are the following: The project established that most
growth and employment in OECD countries still emanate from LMT industries. It provided ample evidence of the existence, and in many cases the crucial importance, of non-research based innovation. The analysis shows that innovativeness is based on a particular enabling configuration of resources that a company possesses rather than on excellence in R&D alone. In fact, PILOT found that significant innovation might occur in the absence of any activity that could be classed as R&D under commonly used definitions.