Technology investment – a European view

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(2005), "Technology investment – a European view", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 54 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2005.07954bab.003

Technology investment – a European view

Big differences exist between countries in the proportion of investments going into technology. A total of 20 European countries were included in a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey. The UK regained first position from France in terms of private equity investment in technology, with a 93 per cent rise to €2 billion, accounting for 38 per cent of the European total, up from 20 per cent the previous year.

France slipped to second place with its investments of €1 billion, or 18 per cent of total European technology investment (down from 23 per cent). Italy put in a strong performance, increasing investment by 87 per cent to €0.5 billion and claiming third place ahead of Germany, whose level of investments fell by 36 per cent to €0.4 billion.

Sweden fell from third to fifth, with investment down 60 per cent at €0.43 billion, but Ireland performed strongly to take sixth place, with investment up 175 per cent at €0.25 billion.