Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

6 Sources of information for innovation activities. Share of enterprises with innovation activity reporting the source in question to be of high importance, by main industry and size group, during the period 2008-2010
Main industry * Enterprise size Enterprises with innovation activity Sources of information
Internal sources within the enterprise or enterprise group Suppliers Clients or customers Competitors or other enterprises in the sector Consultants Commercial labs, or private R & D 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
  Number of Per cent
A-N: All industries 3 262 61 32 52 21 9 6 8 9 22 13 12
10-19 employees 1 166 60 34 53 23 9 7 7 10 25 16 12
20-49 employees 1 117 59 31 51 20 9 6 6 6 20 11 12
50-99 employees  450 62 32 49 18 8 5 8 8 20 11 11
100-199 employees  263 70 30 58 24 6 6 8 9 22 10 14
200-499 employees  163 61 32 39 20 6 7 10 10 18 6 10
>= 500 employees  104 68 34 63 29 9 13 20 23 21 13 20
                         
C: Manufacturing 1 243 62 35 58 21 8 8 6 9 23 12 11
10-19 employees  388 56 39 56 20 8 8 6 10 22 11 8
20-49 employees  432 60 31 59 21 9 7 6 8 25 13 12
50-99 employees  194 65 36 56 19 10 7 6 10 21 11 12
100-199 employees  121 73 39 61 26 4 8 5 7 21 10 13
200-499 employees 71 70 31 48 24 4 10 8 10 24 10 13
>= 500 employees 37 76 30 78 32 3 3 19 24 24 11 11
                         
G,H,J,K,M,N: Services 1 646 64 30 52 23 8 4 7 7 22 14 12
10-19 employees  722 63 32 52 24 9 5 6 9 27 19 13
20-49 employees  527 66 30 52 22 8 2 6 4 18 9 11
50-99 employees  185 60 31 48 18 5 3 10 6 20 13 10
100-199 employees  105 71 19 65 24 9 3 7 6 22 10 12
200-499 employees 61 59 31 36 18 8 2 8 5 15 5 5
>= 500 employees 45 67 27 53 22 13 9 7 9 13 9 22
                         
A,B,D-F: Other industries  374 48 32 32 15 13 14 15 17 19 11 17
10-19 employees 56 54 39 42 20 13 22 18 31 30 18 18
20-49 employees  158 37 30 24 9 16 13 10 10 17 10 18
50-99 employees 70 60 24 36 18 12 6 9 9 13 6 9
100-199 employees 37 59 32 30 16 8 11 24 24 27 14 22
200-499 employees 31 45 35 26 16 6 10 19 19 10 - 16
>= 500 employees 22 59 55 59 36 9 41 50 50 32 23 32
Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.                        
Source: Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.

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