摘要：The increase in R&D investment in Croatia, as part of European and global research area is steered towards creating national research market which will be marked by high level of mobility, competition and research excellence. This paper aims to analyzes current trends and establish changes in the R&D sector in Croatia in 2005 as well as define Croatia's position in the framework of R&D investment and the EU's goals adopted in Barcelona and Lisbon. The paper analyses the changes of R&D in the business sector in comparison to the trends in the EU 25 countries. Progress and changes in the R&D investments in the business sector in 2005 are analyzed to show the trends in business sector in Croatia. The analysis comprised the companies that invest in R&D and deal with R&D. Based on statistical data, the investment in R&D in Croatian business sector compared with EU27, EU25, EU15, and example of Slovenian's investment is significantly lower but compared with the average of new 10 EU states ( 2004 enlargement) Croatian’s business sector has invested more. As a result of the social innovation theory of social entrenchment of technological development and the rarity of this type of research of investments in R&D sector at the company level, it is emphasised that this research can serve as a fundamental step towards a social research on the falling behind of the R&D sector in economic development.
关键词：R&D; R&D IN BUSINESS SECTOR; INTERNATIONALIZATION OF R&D; INVESTMENT IN R&D
