Statistics Norway

9 Cooperation partners on innovation activities, by main industry and size group, during the period 2008-2010. Percent of enterprises cooperating on innovation
Main industry
Enterprise size
Enterprises with
innovation activity
Enterprises with
innovation co-operation
Cooperation partner
Other enterprises within
your enterprise group
Suppliers Clients or customers Competitors Consultants Commercial labs,
or private R&D institutes
Universities or higher
education institutes
Government or private
research institutes
  Number Percent Percent
A-N: All industries 4 920 28 42 61 61 21 40 29 40 41
5-9 employees 1 657 25 34 56 67 15 40 19 33 26
10-19 employees 1 166 26 30 62 58 14 38 24 35 36
20-49 employees 1 117 27 39 59 56 22 38 31 38 44
50-99 employees  450 31 53 64 57 29 41 34 44 49
100-199 employees  263 44 72 69 69 34 48 47 53 55
200-499 employees  163 43 60 60 49 29 34 43 63 56
> = 500 employees  104 57 76 85 73 29 47 51 75 76
                     
C: Manufacturing 1 753 31 43 64 67 19 38 37 37 45
5-9 employees  510 23 23 63 77 10 30 19 21 16
10-19 employees  388 22 26 56 66 11 36 38 24 39
20-49 employees  432 32 37 61 61 20 38 37 36 51
50-99 employees  194 34 56 73 67 24 44 44 38 47
100-199 employees  121 50 74 66 70 26 43 46 48 59
200-499 employees 71 58 63 66 54 37 39 49 73 66
> = 500 employees 37 70 92 92 77 27 50 65 81 92
                     
G,H,J,K,M,N: Services 2 705 25 42 57 61 20 40 19 40 33
5-9 employees 1 059 23 41 51 68 19 42 15 36 25
10-19 employees  722 28 32 64 56 15 39 16 40 31
20-49 employees  527 23 41 52 52 18 38 18 39 38
50-99 employees  185 29 55 62 49 34 38 26 47 45
100-199 employees  105 36 68 63 76 37 50 42 50 47
200-499 employees 61 23 71 64 64 14 36 36 43 29
> = 500 employees 45 36 56 75 69 31 38 19 69 50
                     
A,B,D-F: Other industries  462 38 41 67 43 27 44 47 52 59
5-9 employees 88 51 27 65 30 9 52 42 47 61
10-19 employees 56 31 23 64 40 12 28 64 40 77
20-49 employees  158 27 40 74 52 40 40 51 41 40
50-99 employees 70 30 38 43 43 33 38 24 57 66
100-199 employees 37 46 76 94 47 59 65 65 76 59
200-499 employees 31 48 40 40 20 20 20 33 53 53
> = 500 employees 22 77 71 82 71 29 53 59 71 76
Source: Statistics Norway, CIS 2010.

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