Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

8   Sources of information for innovation activities. The share of enterprises reporting the source in question to be of high importance during the period 2002-2004
Nace (SN2002) Units with innovation Internal sources Market sources Institutional sources Other sources
Number of Within your enterprise Other enterprises within your enterprise group Suppliers Clients or customers Competitors Consultants Commercial labs, or private R institutes Universities or higher education institutes Government or private research institutes Conferences, meetings, trade fairs exhibitions Scientific journals and trade/technical publications Professional and industry associations
    Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
05 Fish hatcheries and fish farms 30 60 17 24 24 - 10 3 16 26 3 16 -
11 Extraction of oil and natural gas 29 65 24 21 38 10 3 7 17 17 7 3 7
10, 13-14 Mining and quarrying 9 22 - 11 33 - - - 11 - 14 36 25
15-16 Manufacture of food products; beverages and tobacco  215 51 8 21 17 10 4 2 2 4 14 3 1
17 Manufacture of textiles 39 46 11 17 42 8 - - - - 5 6 6
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 10 50 - 20 60 21 10 - - 10 10 - 20
19 Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear 2  100 50 - - 50 - 50 - - 50 50 50
20 Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork  124 51 6 32 26 5 4 - 2 5 3 1 6
21 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products 18 50 17 17 50 28 - 6 6 - 6 6 -
22 Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 97 33 10 16 16 12 6 6 3 2 10 9 16
24 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 48 63 19 21 50 10 4 4 13 8 19 19 -
25 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 49 60 4 22 28 - 2 3 3 5 7 3 -
26 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 50 41 15 24 19 4 - 4 2 6 4 - 4
27 Manufacture of basic metals 32 42 19 10 32 6 7 6 3 6 - - -
28 Manufacture of fabricated metal products  135 50 9 31 41 7 6 8 5 6 10 3 3
29 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.  180 64 11 21 47 6 4 1 3 7 8 7 1
30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers 2  100 - 50  100  100 - - - - 50 - -
31 Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c. 55 62 16 21 39 5 6 2 - - 10 2 4
32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus 33 82 27 12 79 24 6 6 6 3 27 6 3
33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments 52 68 19 12 60 10 2 2 8 4 8 6 4
34 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 24 79 20 25 66 13 - 4 - - 4 4 -
35 Manufacture of other transport equipment  104 60 13 15 42 12 3 - - 5 9 3 3
36 Manufacture of furniture;manufacturing n.e.c.  101 51 7 18 35 8 17 8 1 2 8 - 1
37 Recycling 8 75 25 13 63 38 25 13 13 13 - - 13
10, 13-37 MINING AND MANUFACTURING, TOTAL 1 388 54 11 21 36 9 5 3 3 4 9 4 4
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply 41 41 7 25 21 16 11 11 6 - 2 - 7
45 Construction  248 47 13 27 12 0 4 0 3 3 4 9 9
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles  526 36 22 23 32 12 2 1 1 1 7 3 2
60 Land transport; transport via pipelines 37 42 3 53 33 - 3 3 3 3 - - -
61 Water transport 35 54 6 31 24 7 11 3 - - - - -
62 Air transport 4 50 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 81 47 11 28 33 13 8 4 1 5 7 5 4
64.2 Telecommunications 44 68 32 32 45 34 2 2 5 2 23 5 2
65 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 49 39 21 10 27 25 2 - 2 2 6 6 16
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 10 70 30 20 30 10 - - - 10 - - 10
67 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 18 66 5 38 22 22 22 - - - 16 16 11
72 Computers and related activities  306 65 14 13 54 6 5 0 2 2 15 11 9
73 Research and development 14 93 22 7 56 - - 19 33 33 - 19 -
74 Enginering and technical testing  202 51 7 20 47 7 2 3 9 2 8 10 8
50-74 SERVICES, TOTAL 1 324 49 16 21 40 11 3 2 3 2 9 6 5
00-74 ALL INDUSTRIES 3 061 51 14 22 35 9 4 3 3 4 9 6 5

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