Rates of Innovation among U.S. Businesses Stay Steady: Data from the 2014 Business R & D and Innovation Survey

Fifteen percent of an estimated 1.3 million for-profit companies introduced one or more product or process innovations in 2012-14 (9% product innovations, and 12% process innovations). Innovation rates are similar to those from 2009-11 when 14% of companies introduced one or more product or process innovations (9% product innovations, and 10% process innovations). Data are from the 2014 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS), from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation.

Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - August 28, 2017 Category: Statistics Source Type: news