Appendix table 19. Factors hampering innovation activities by industry 2014-2016, high or medium importance, share of enterprises with innovation activity
Industy | Number of enter- prises |
Lack of internal finance |
Lack of credit or private equity |
Inno- vation costs too high |
Lack of skilled employ- ees |
Lack of collabo- ration partners |
No govern- ment grants or subsidies |
Uncertain market demand |
Too much compe- tition |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
05-09 Mining and quarrying | 35 | 59.6 | 29.1 | 53.9 | 36.2 | 18.4 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 34.7 |
10-12 Food products and beverages | 276 | 30.2 | 15.3 | 33.1 | 39.1 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 43.1 | 55.2 |
13 Textiles | 19 | 51.8 | 24.1 | 51.8 | 39.3 | 27.7 | 41.1 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
14 Wearing apparel | 23 | 58.4 | 52.0 | 14.0 | 39.4 | 28.7 | 63.8 | 41.6 | 44.8 |
15 Leather and related products | 9 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.2 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
16 Wood, products of wood, and cork | 148 | 46.4 | 23.1 | 51.6 | 43.1 | 15.7 | 33.9 | 39.4 | 38.6 |
17 Paper and paper products | 62 | 49.0 | 32.0 | 52.4 | 55.9 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 51.0 | 47.5 |
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 68 | 54.4 | 29.5 | 57.8 | 56.3 | 22.1 | 45.9 | 66.2 | 55.5 |
19-21 Chemicals and chemical products | 97 | 41.6 | 17.9 | 46.4 | 39.3 | 23.2 | 21.4 | 30.9 | 39.7 |
22 Rubber and plastic products | 141 | 36.3 | 20.3 | 48.4 | 62.9 | 20.0 | 29.8 | 31.6 | 48.7 |
23 Other non-metallic mineral products | 99 | 54.4 | 23.0 | 39.1 | 47.3 | 34.5 | 25.3 | 34.8 | 55.4 |
24 Basic metals | 34 | 41.5 | 29.6 | 46.7 | 49.6 | 16.3 | 32.6 | 39.3 | 60.7 |
25 Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 451 | 51.0 | 25.4 | 57.7 | 53.6 | 24.3 | 31.0 | 41.5 | 38.0 |
26 Computer, electronic and optical products | 129 | 61.5 | 31.5 | 65.7 | 62.3 | 31.2 | 29.1 | 35.5 | 32.3 |
27 Electrical equipment | 130 | 57.4 | 33.1 | 61.3 | 70.2 | 34.3 | 44.6 | 49.8 | 70.8 |
28 Machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 352 | 51.0 | 23.5 | 52.7 | 50.6 | 28.5 | 31.6 | 43.4 | 41.1 |
29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 61 | 29.4 | 6.7 | 37.1 | 45.7 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 40.7 |
30 Other transport equipment | 45 | 62.2 | 35.7 | 67.3 | 40.6 | 15.5 | 42.4 | 57.0 | 48.0 |
31 Furniture | 96 | 54.9 | 29.6 | 37.4 | 40.6 | 4.5 | 36.4 | 41.8 | 62.7 |
32 Other manufacturing | 62 | 43.7 | 22.4 | 50.0 | 53.6 | 8.8 | 16.1 | 27.6 | 43.7 |
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 85 | 23.5 | 13.7 | 38.3 | 55.6 | 8.6 | 27.1 | 39.7 | 26.0 |
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 110 | 20.4 | 10.9 | 35.0 | 52.5 | 25.5 | 14.4 | 44.2 | 29.3 |
36 Water collection, treatment and supply | 14 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 32.7 | 23.9 | 49.2 | 23.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
37-39 Sewerage, waste treatment | 85 | 30.1 | 18.0 | 25.8 | 33.3 | 43.3 | 21.3 | 37.5 | 11.8 |
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 857 | 27.9 | 16.1 | 35.7 | 39.2 | 25.0 | 15.4 | 27.8 | 29.0 |
49-52 Transportation and storage | 508 | 29.5 | 18.8 | 41.3 | 40.5 | 25.3 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 49.4 |
53 Postal and courier activities | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 36.7 |
58 Publishing activities | 79 | 50.9 | 17.4 | 70.0 | 54.7 | 27.0 | 35.5 | 48.3 | 54.9 |
59 Programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | 36 | 47.0 | 21.2 | 33.6 | 16.8 | 21.2 | 38.0 | 51.4 | 48.6 |
60 Programming and broadcasting activities | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
61 Telecommunications | 48 | 31.4 | 15.7 | 44.0 | 78.0 | 49.1 | 19.9 | 60.2 | 50.3 |
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities | 518 | 41.7 | 27.0 | 45.8 | 54.7 | 20.5 | 25.8 | 37.6 | 32.1 |
63 Information service activities | 41 | 49.8 | 22.9 | 32.2 | 61.3 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 69.4 | 70.3 |
64 Financial service activities | 144 | 10.3 | 4.9 | 32.3 | 41.4 | 18.2 | 8.0 | 16.3 | 17.1 |
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding | 35 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 32.8 | 30.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 17.8 |
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities | 65 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 35.4 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 26.2 | 44.6 |
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis | 358 | 43.7 | 24.4 | 61.1 | 50.7 | 30.5 | 34.5 | 52.4 | 44.1 |
72 Scientific research and development | 48 | 65.4 | 52.0 | 63.9 | 32.5 | 25.3 | 32.0 | 35.5 | 38.6 |
73 Advertising and market research | 116 | 22.5 | 10.9 | 37.5 | 36.6 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 19.2 | 25.8 |
All NACE - Total | 5499 | 38.5 | 20.9 | 45.2 | 47.0 | 24.0 | 26.2 | 37.2 | 39.8 |
05-39 Manufacturing, total | 2628 | 45.1 | 23.0 | 48.1 | 50.0 | 24.2 | 29.8 | 40.3 | 43.2 |
46, 49-53, 58-66, 71-73 Services, total | 2871 | 32.4 | 19.0 | 42.5 | 44.2 | 23.9 | 22.9 | 34.3 | 36.6 |
Source: Innovation 2016, Statistics Finland
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Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi
Updated 12.4.2018
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