Table 2
Composition of intangible assets investment, 1976, 1990, 2000 and 2008

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Table 2
Composition of intangible assets investment, 1976, 1990, 2000 and 2008
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of composition of intangible assets investment. This information is grouped by years 1976, 1990, 2000 and 2008 (appearing as column headers), calculated using $ billions and percent as a unit of measure.
  1976 1990 2000 2008
$ billions
Total intangibles 7.0 40.3 96.8 150.7
Computerized information 0.3 4.0 9.4 16.7
Innovative property 2.8 12.8 32.5 47.0
Scientific and engineering R&D 0.8 5.2 12.4 16.0
Mineral exploration and evaluation 0.4 1.4 7.3 11.8
Development costs in financial industry 0.3 1.3 2.7 3.5
New architecture and engineering design 1.1 4.3 8.8 13.1
Own-account other science and engineering services 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7
Purchased other science and engineering services 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.9
Economic competencies 3.9 23.5 54.9 87.0
Advertising 1.6 7.2 12.9 17.1
Firm-specific human capital 0.3 1.7 2.8 3.9
Purchased organizational capital 0.5 4.6 23.8 41.0
Own-account organizational capital 1.4 9.9 15.3 25.0
  percent
Total intangibles 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Computerized information 4.3 9.9 9.7 11.1
Innovative property 40.0 31.8 33.6 31.2
Scientific and engineering R&D 11.4 12.9 12.8 10.6
Mineral exploration and evaluation 5.7 3.5 7.5 7.8
Development costs in financial industry 4.3 3.2 2.8 2.3
New architecture and engineering design 15.7 10.7 9.1 8.7
Own-account other science and engineering services 2.9 0.7 0.3 0.5
Purchased other science and engineering services 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.3
Economic competencies 55.7 58.3 56.7 57.7
Advertising 22.9 17.9 13.3 11.3
Firm-specific human capital 4.3 4.2 2.9 2.6
Purchased organizational capital 7.1 11.4 24.6 27.2
Own-account organizational capital 20.0 24.6 15.8 16.6
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations.
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