Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

8 Factors hampering innovation activities for enterprises with no innovation activity. Share of enterprises reporting the factor in question to be of high importance, by main industry and size group, during the period 2008-2010
Main industry * Enterprise size Enterprises with no innovation activity Hampering factors
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 No need due to prior innovations by the enterprise No need because of no demand for innovations All factors "not relevant"
  Number of Per cent
A-N: All industries 11 939 21 17 15 17 10 11 12 18 19 12 13 58
5-9 employees 4 537 22 19 17 17 10 12 13 21 21 12 13 57
10-19 employees 2 812 20 16 14 15 9 11 10 16 18 12 11 58
20-49 employees 3 264 20 16 15 18 9 10 12 17 17 12 14 60
50-99 employees  768 21 15 11 18 11 11 11 17 18 13 15 59
100-199 employees  342 22 17 14 15 11 10 10 18 19 13 14 59
200-499 employees  143 20 12 10 13 12 8 10 14 20 11 13 60
>= 500 employees 73 25 18 16 22 11 11 14 18 15 12 12 55
                           
C: Manufacturing 3 246 29 23 21 19 13 14 15 24 26 16 18 49
5-9 employees 1 336 29 24 22 16 12 14 14 27 28 15 19 49
10-19 employees  980 26 20 18 19 14 15 16 21 24 15 17 54
20-49 employees  652 34 27 24 24 13 14 17 26 27 19 18 44
50-99 employees  176 27 22 17 19 11 11 11 20 23 20 21 45
100-199 employees 73 33 23 19 16 15 14 18 21 21 18 15 51
200-499 employees 18 39 28 11 44 33 33 22 17 44 28 28 44
>= 500 employees 11 27 27 9 27 9 - 9 18 18 27 27 27
                           
G,H,J,K,M,N: Services 6 452 18 15 13 16 8 10 10 15 16 10 10 63
5-9 employees 2 910 18 17 15 18 9 12 13 18 19 11 10 62
10-19 employees 1 598 18 15 12 13 7 10 7 13 16 10 8 61
20-49 employees 1 304 17 14 13 16 8 9 9 13 14 11 12 64
50-99 employees  339 16 10 7 12 8 8 5 13 12 9 7 69
100-199 employees  174 17 14 10 10 9 9 7 16 17 10 10 66
200-499 employees 88 17 8 8 8 10 2 7 11 15 8 9 67
>= 500 employees 40 23 15 15 18 8 10 13 15 13 10 13 63
                           
A,B,D-F: Other industries 2 241 18 14 13 17 10 9 11 17 17 11 15 60
5-9 employees  291 27 19 17 17 12 11 11 17 15 12 18 50
10-19 employees  234 15 10 9 10 2 3 5 11 14 8 6 58
20-49 employees 1 308 15 13 12 16 9 8 11 17 16 10 14 63
50-99 employees  254 23 17 13 24 17 15 18 22 24 14 21 56
100-199 employees 95 21 19 18 22 13 9 8 20 21 14 19 52
200-499 employees 37 16 14 14 11 5 8 14 19 19 11 16 51
>= 500 employees 22 27 18 23 27 18 18 18 23 18 9 5 55
Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.                          
Source: Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.

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