Her skal blot anføres enkelte eksempler: nem en forbedring af produktiviteten, bl.a. ved at automatisere fremstillingsprocessen.
Start-up investment shows a similar decline (25% of funds invested in 1985 compared with only 6% in 1994, although there has been a slight reversal in the trend recently).2Less risky investments (staff buy-outs, development capital, medium-tech or low-tech sectors) predominate.