Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Personnel costs Current internal expenditure by field of operation and type of research. Unidades: thousands of euros Total Basic research Applied research Technological development Total 12.386.387 2.695.430 5.088.994 4.601.964 Public Administration 2.273.260 750.543 1.238.799 283.918 Higher education 3.469.263 1.629.284 1.318.771 521.208 Companies 6.615.916 306.808 2.515.162 3.793.946 PNPI 27.948 8.795 16.262 2.891 Notas: Fuente: National Statistics Institute