Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

12   Factors hampering innovation activities for units with innovation. The share of innovative enterprises reporting the factor in question to be of high importance, during the period 2002-2004
Nace (SN2002) Units with innovation Economic factors Internal factors Other factors
Number of Innovation costs too high Lack of funds within your enterprise or group Lack of funds from sources outside your enterprise Lack of qualified personell Lack of information on technology Lack of information on markets Difficulty in finding cooperation partners for innovation Market dominated by established enterprises Uncertain demand for innovative goods or services
    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 30 20 10 - - - - - 13
11 Extraction of oil and natural gas 29 21 3 7 4 3 3 3 14 21
10, 13-14 Mining and quarrying 9 - 11 - - - - - 25 11
15-16 Manufacture of food products; beverages and tobacco  215 21 8 7 4 1 3 2 5 11
17 Manufacture of textiles 39 15 6 5 12 - 11 - 9 6
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 10 20 10 10 - - - - - 20
19 Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear 2 - - - - - - - - -
20 Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork  124 13 13 6 3 2 2 1 5 14
21 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products 18 6 11 11 6 - - - 11 6
22 Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 97 21 8 10 3 5 4 3 4 16
24 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 48 19 23 13 8 4 10 2 19 21
25 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 49 17 19 13 5 - 4 2 5 5
26 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 50 13 11 12 4 7 - - 2 4
27 Manufacture of basic metals 32 17 3 3 8 - - - - -
28 Manufacture of fabricated metal products  135 14 13 20 7 4 7 3 12 17
29 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.  180 22 18 20 11 4 6 2 5 8
30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers 2 - - - - - - - - -
31 Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c. 55 16 19 19 2 4 5 2 - 2
32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus 33 21 27 36 15 - 3 3 - 9
33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments 52 24 14 24 4 4 4 2 6 6
34 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 24 25 4 8 12 4 4 4 4 4
35 Manufacture of other transport equipment  104 14 16 19 10 10 1 3 4 6
36 Manufacture of furniture;manufacturing n.e.c.  101 16 18 5 7 1 4 6 7 6
37 Recycling 8 - 13 - - - - 13 - 13
10, 13-37 MINING AND MANUFACTURING, TOTAL 1 388 18 13 13 7 3 4 2 6 10
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply 41 7 10 7 - - - 2 2 5
45 Construction  248 17 12 11 6 6 6 6 6 7
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles  526 11 9 8 8 3 0 1 3 5
60 Land transport; transport via pipelines 37 22 - 3 22 - - - 39 -
61 Water transport 35 22 6 6 6 - 3 7 - 6
62 Air transport 4 - - - - - - - - -
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 81 9 13 15 4 - - 3 7 4
64.2 Telecommunications 44 20 18 18 - - - - 5 5
65 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 49 8 2 - - 4 - - 4 2
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 10 20 - - - - 10 - 10 10
67 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 18 - 5 - - - - - - -
72 Computers and related activities  306 23 20 14 4 2 5 2 6 8
73 Research and development 14 59 56 59 - 19 7 - 22 15
74 Enginering and technical testing  202 20 21 20 5 0 5 4 5 11
50-74 SERVICES, TOTAL 1 324 16 14 12 6 2 2 2 5 7
00-74 ALL INDUSTRIES 3 061 17 13 12 6 3 3 2 6 8

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