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BUSINESS HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO R&D EMPLOYMENT SIZE In 2008-09, businesses with 200 or more employees accounted for the largest proportion of total human resources devoted to R&D in 2008-09, at 59% (or 31,521 PYE). This employment size group also recorded the largest increase in proportional share of total PYE (up one percentage point) and the largest absolute growth in PYE (up 2,259 PYE) from 2007-08. Businesses with 0-4 employees showed the largest percentage increase in PYE (up 17% to 1,673 PYE), but remains the lowest contributing group to total PYE (at 3%). As for expenditure on R&D, the 20-199 employment size grouping was the only group to decrease its proportional share of PYE devoted to R&D from 2007-08, down two percentage points. This group was also the only group to record a decrease in absolute terms, down 189 PYE. TYPE OF RESOURCE Researchers continued to be the most dominant type of human resource devoted to R&D (50% of total PYE) in 2008-09, and reported the largest absolute growth from 2007-08 (up 1,031 PYE to 26,941 PYE). Technicians reported the next highest growth over the same period, up 915 PYE to 17,561 PYE. FOREIGN OWNERSHIP In 2008-09, as for business expenditure on R&D, wholly Australian owned businesses made the largest contribution to human resource effort at 28,343 PYE (53%) and also contributed the largest increase in human resource effort devoted to R&D (up 1,826 PYE) from 2007-08.
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