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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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Updated 12.4.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Innovation [e-publication].
ISSN=1797-4399. 2016, Appendix table 19. Factors hampering innovation activities by industry 2014-2016, high or medium importance, share of enterprises with innovation activity . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 26.12.2024].
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