Statistics Norway

Innovation in the business enterprise sector

2 Enterprises with innovation by size group. Percent of population, 2008.
  Number of enterprises Innovation activity (product/process) Product or process innovation Product and process innovation Product innovation Product innovation (goods) Product innovation (services) Product innovation new to the market1 Process innovation Delayed or abandoned innovation activity Organisational innovation1 Marketing innovation1
    Per cent
A-N: All industries, total2 17 261 34 27 11 21 16 7 12 18 6 20 20
5-9 employees3 6 307 33 29 13 22 16 7 - 20 6 - -
10-19 employees3 4 149 33 25 10 20 15 7 13 15 6 17 20
20-49 employees 4 424 30 24 8 18 13 6 10 14 4 18 17
50-99 employees 1 266 43 30 12 22 16 8 13 20 7 23 21
100-199 employees  605 51 35 15 27 20 8 14 23 9 29 26
200-499 employees  321 58 39 15 26 22 7 16 27 12 35 26
500- employees  189 68 54 30 45 28 25 29 40 20 38 28
C: Manufacturing, total 5 206 38 30 11 23 21 3 15 19 7 20 22
5-9 employees 1 885 31 25 8 16 15 2 - 17 6 - -
10-19 employees 1 439 29 22 9 18 17 2 10 14 5 14 16
20-49 employees 1 110 42 34 12 26 25 3 14 20 7 20 24
50-99 employees  403 62 45 16 37 34 5 21 24 12 26 28
100-199 employees  195 72 52 21 45 42 4 25 28 16 32 36
200-499 employees  114 83 62 28 46 44 4 27 45 25 39 38
500- employees 60 83 73 45 67 63 17 48 52 32 45 40
G, H, J, K, M, N: Services, total4 9 409 37 30 13 24 15 11 13 19 6 20 23
5-9 employees5 4 029 35 32 15 25 17 10 - 22 6 - -
10-19 employees5 2 410 36 28 11 24 16 11 15 16 7 19 23
20-49 employees 1 897 36 30 10 23 14 11 13 17 4 19 21
50-99 employees  556 40 27 10 17 9 11 11 19 5 21 25
100-199 employees  277 44 31 15 23 13 13 10 23 7 27 25
200-499 employees  148 43 27 9 18 12 10 11 18 4 30 24
50- employees 92 59 42 23 33 5 29 17 33 13 32 26
A, B, D-F: Other industries, total6 2 646 19 13 5 7 5 3 4 10 3 17 8
5-9 employees7  393 20 15 8 10 10 1 - 12 4 - -
10-19 employees7  300 24 15 2 4 2 2 2 13 3 18 8
20-49 employees 1 417 13 9 3 5 4 2 3 7 1 14 7
50-99 employees  307 24 16 8 9 5 6 6 15 5 21 7
100-199 employees  133 36 20 5 9 5 6 4 15 3 28 14
200-499 employees 59 47 22 7 10 3 7 7 19 7 37 10
500- employees 37 68 54 24 41 24 30 24 38 16 43 11
1  Does not include enterprises with 5-9 employees.
2  Does not include enterprises with 5-19 employees in group F and H.
3  Does not include enterprises in group F and H.
4  Does not include enterprises with 5-19 employees in group H.
5  Does not include enterprises in group H.
6  Does not include enterprises with 5-19 employees in group F.
7  Does not include enterprises in group F.

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