Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

5 Objectives of the innovation activities. Share of enterprises reporting the objective in question to be of high importance, by main industry and size group. 2008-2010
Main industry
Enterprise size		 Enterprises with innovation activity Objective
Increase range of goods or services Replace outdated products or processes Enter new market or increase market share Improve quality of goods or services Improve flexibility for producing goods or services Increase capacity of producing goods or services Reduce labour cost per unit output Reduce materials and energy costs per unit output Reduce environmental impacts Improve health or safety for the employees
  Number of Per cent
A-N: All industries 4 920 50 34 51 51 26 26 29 20 21 24
5-9 employees 1 657 52 31 52 55 27 28 29 20 21 23
10-19 employees 1 166 52 38 57 48 24 25 26 18 20 22
20-49 employees 1 117 49 34 48 50 27 23 30 22 21 24
50-99 employees  450 47 33 41 47 25 24 28 18 17 21
100-199 employees  263 51 41 48 52 25 25 34 25 25 26
200-499 employees  163 38 32 39 47 26 27 37 27 26 34
>= 500 employees  104 53 41 48 57 30 31 53 33 38 43
                       
C: Manufacturing 1 753 52 34 52 46 31 31 42 34 28 34
5-9 employees  510 43 27 51 46 31 34 44 37 29 36
10-19 employees  388 60 33 56 40 30 33 39 28 31 37
20-49 employees  432 54 38 54 50 31 28 43 33 25 30
50-99 employees  194 51 37 46 46 28 28 34 26 23 25
100-199 employees  121 59 38 52 46 26 26 45 39 26 31
200-499 employees 71 48 34 49 45 38 35 45 44 37 41
>= 500 employees 37 65 49 62 59 32 38 73 57 46 62
                       
G,H,J,K,M,N: Services 2 705 53 37 53 55 23 22 22 11 14 16
5-9 employees 1 059 60 35 55 59 26 25 22 12 14 16
10-19 employees  722 48 43 60 52 20 20 19 12 13 13
20-49 employees  527 52 34 49 50 22 18 20 10 15 16
50-99 employees  185 49 33 45 51 24 21 26 11 11 17
100-199 employees  105 51 47 50 60 24 22 22 9 20 17
200-499 employees 61 33 39 36 56 23 20 31 13 18 23
>= 500 employees 45 47 36 38 51 24 22 42 16 27 22
                       
A,B,D-F: Other industries  462 25 21 27 48 25 29 26 24 34 30
5-9 employees 88 17 10 26 54 18 44 19 17 52 26
10-19 employees 56 40 20 35 53 31 25 28 27 31 25
20-49 employees  158 20 23 27 46 30 25 28 30 32 31
50-99 employees 70 30 25 19 41 19 20 17 16 19 22
100-199 employees 37 27 32 30 49 27 32 32 24 35 32
200-499 employees 31 26 13 23 35 6 23 29 16 19 39
>= 500 employees 22 45 41 45 64 36 36 41 27 50 55
Source: Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.

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