Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

9   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) and size classes 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
05-74 ALL INDUSTRIES 3 061 51 14 22 35 9 4 3 3 4 9 6 5
Size of enterprise                          
10-19 employees 1 197 48 7 22 32 7 5 2 3 3 8 7 6
20-49 employees  995 50 17 22 35 9 3 1 3 2 8 6 4
50-99 employees  407 56 15 21 40 10 3 3 3 4 12 4 4
100-199 employees  217 58 22 22 36 13 8 6 4 8 9 3 5
200-499 employees  141 62 24 18 42 8 4 4 6 4 9 4 4
Over 500 employees  103 65 28 20 48 17 5 4 9 10 14 6 6
                           
10, 13-37 MINING AND MANUFACTURING, TOTAL 1 388 54 11 21 36 9 5 3 3 4 9 4 4
10-19 employees  431 53 4 18 28 6 6 4 3 6 8 5 4
20-49 employees  433 51 10 22 33 7 4 2 2 3 7 3 3
50-99 employees  256 55 13 24 43 11 3 2 2 2 14 5 5
100-199 employees  132 60 16 22 42 17 8 8 4 9 11 4 5
200-499 employees 87 60 26 17 46 8 3 5 7 3 8 5 2
Over 500 employees 49 69 37 20 59 22 4 2 6 8 12 6 2
                           
51-74 SERVICES, TOTAL 1 324 49 16 21 40 11 3 2 3 2 9 6 5
10-19 employees  630 47 8 21 39 9 4 1 2 1 8 7 6
20-49 employees  434 46 24 22 43 14 2 1 3 1 10 8 5
50-99 employees  106 58 20 16 37 11 1 4 4 7 11 2 4
100-199 employees 73 59 33 22 32 7 5 4 4 5 7 3 3
200-499 employees 46 65 20 22 39 9 7 4 4 2 11 2 7
Over 500 employees 35 51 20 23 43 11 3 - 6 6 11 6 6
                           
05, 11, 40-41, 45 OTHER INDUSTRIES  349 49 14 26 16 3 5 2 6 6 4 8 8
10-19 employees  136 36 7 32 13 2 7 2 5 4 5 12 10
20-49 employees  128 57 18 26 15 2 - - 5 5 1 5 5
50-99 employees 45 56 16 16 27 4 9 7 4 4 2 4 4
100-199 employees 12 33 16 25 8 8 16 - - 8 8 - 16
200-499 employees 8 63 25 - 13 - - - 13 13 13 13 -
Over 500 employees 19 79 21 16 26 16 11 16 21 21 21 5 16

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