Appendix table 21. Effects of legislation and regulations on innovation activities by industry 2014-2016, share of enterprises with innovation activity
Industry | Number of enterprises | Legislation to some extent stimulated innovation activity | Legislation to some extent created uncertainty | Legislation to some extent generated an excessive burden | Legislation to some extent lacked consistency across the EU | Legislation created no major problems | Legislation was not relevant here |
% | % | % | % | % | % | ||
05-09 Mining and quarrying | 35 | 11.3 | 39.0 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 22.0 | 36.2 |
10-12 Food products and beverages | 276 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 32.3 | 13.5 | 22.4 | 10.0 |
13 Textiles | 19 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 31.2 | 58.1 |
14 Wearing apparel | 23 | 3.2 | 36.2 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 31.9 |
15 Leather and related products | 9 | 21.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.2 | 0.0 |
16 Wood, products of wood, and cork | 148 | 17.9 | 34.8 | 35.9 | 7.9 | 18.5 | 23.7 |
17 Paper and paper products | 62 | 17.0 | 33.9 | 25.6 | 17.1 | 23.8 | 21.9 |
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 68 | 9.9 | 15.6 | 31.5 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 56.3 |
19-21 Chemicals and chemical products | 97 | 25.1 | 33.7 | 30.2 | 11.7 | 23.4 | 7.5 |
22 Rubber and plastic products | 141 | 16.4 | 22.6 | 21.1 | 6.6 | 33.4 | 21.8 |
23 Other non-metallic mineral products | 99 | 10.9 | 31.4 | 16.4 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 44.4 |
24 Basic metals | 34 | 11.9 | 31.1 | 46.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 25.2 |
25 Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 451 | 15.0 | 25.4 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 28.9 | 28.5 |
26 Computer, electronic and optical products | 129 | 25.2 | 34.3 | 34.8 | 6.8 | 27.6 | 8.0 |
27 Electrical equipment | 130 | 19.4 | 28.4 | 24.0 | 6.7 | 33.3 | 10.4 |
28 Machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 352 | 19.4 | 28.6 | 25.5 | 4.0 | 35.5 | 8.7 |
29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 61 | 8.7 | 27.1 | 20.3 | 1.6 | 29.1 | 23.2 |
30 Other transport equipment | 45 | 15.5 | 38.4 | 25.9 | 6.7 | 22.4 | 16.9 |
31 Furniture | 96 | 7.6 | 44.0 | 17.7 | 0.0 | 32.9 | 19.8 |
32 Other manufacturing | 62 | 9.9 | 24.9 | 35.8 | 12.5 | 30.3 | 22.4 |
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 85 | 10.0 | 13.7 | 33.4 | 7.6 | 35.6 | 20.9 |
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 110 | 25.3 | 27.3 | 24.2 | 4.4 | 28.6 | 13.1 |
36 Water collection, treatment and supply | 14 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 25.4 |
37-39 Sewerage, waste treatment | 85 | 24.7 | 56.7 | 55.6 | 24.6 | 18.9 | 0.0 |
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 857 | 14.0 | 20.4 | 21.8 | 6.3 | 29.7 | 26.5 |
49-52 Transportation and storage | 508 | 9.0 | 30.7 | 28.1 | 7.2 | 22.1 | 34.2 |
53 Postal and courier activities | 17 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 22.1 |
58 Publishing activities | 79 | 13.2 | 49.2 | 26.3 | 1.9 | 20.1 | 17.3 |
59 Programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | 36 | 10.6 | 44.2 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 34.6 | 10.6 |
60 Programming and broadcasting activities | .. | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
61 Telecommunications | 48 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 47.6 | 2.1 | 14.1 | 19.9 |
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities | 518 | 23.6 | 36.1 | 33.0 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 12.9 |
63 Information service activities | 41 | 19.2 | 24.4 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 33.5 | 28.2 |
64 Financial service activities | 144 | 17.1 | 31.8 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 34.4 |
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding | 35 | 36.0 | 15.3 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 15.3 |
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities | 65 | 1.5 | 66.2 | 52.3 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 29.2 |
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis | 358 | 19.0 | 33.3 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 20.4 | 32.5 |
72 Scientific research and development | 48 | 10.3 | 45.9 | 27.3 | 13.9 | 20.1 | 22.2 |
73 Advertising and market research | 116 | 15.0 | 18.3 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 22.5 | 34.1 |
All NACE - Total | 5499 | 16.4 | 29.5 | 25.7 | 6.2 | 25.2 | 22.9 |
05-39 Manufacturing, total | 2628 | 17.3 | 28.9 | 25.8 | 7.0 | 27.2 | 19.3 |
46, 49-53, 58-66, 71-73 Services, total | 2871 | 15.6 | 30.0 | 25.6 | 5.5 | 23.4 | 26.1 |
Source: Innovation 2016, Statistics Finland
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Updated 12.4.2018
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