På spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt et givet projekt ville være gennemført uden fælles skabsstøtte, varierer svarene betydeligt: 27% af de udspurgte spanske deltagere angiver, at de alligevel ville have gennemført det pågældende projekt, mod 83% industrifolk og 94% forskningscentre i Det Forenede Kongerige.
As to whether the project would have been carried out even without Community support, the rates reported varied considerably: 27% of Spanish participants asked stated that they would have carried out the project anyway, as against 83% of industrial firms and 94% of research centres in the United Kingdom.