First Comprehensive Innovation Survey for the United States : Data from the 2017 Annual Business Survey

More than two-fifths ( 43 % ) of the estimated 4.6 million for-profit companies with at least one employee introduced an innovation during 2015 – 17. Innovation is defined as the implementation of one or more new or significantly improved products or processes, a new marketing method, or a new organizational method. Eighteen percent of these companies introduced one or more product innovations, 16 % introduced one or more process innovations, 23 % introduced a marketing innovation, and 26 % introduced an organizational innovation. Data are from the 2017 Annual Business Survey, which provides the first comprehensive view of the incidence of innovation by businesses located in the United States.
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news