8166.0 - Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business, 2013-14 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 18/06/2015   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All

ABANDONED INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY



Businesses with abandoned innovative activity, by employment size(a), by type, 2013-14
0-4 persons
5-19 persons
20-199 persons
200 or more persons
Total
%
%
%
%
%
Businesses that abandoned the development or introduction of any new or significantly improved:(b)
goods or services
3.2
4.0
2.6
4.1
3.4
operational processes
2.4
2.5
2.5
2.2
2.4
organisational/managerial processes
1.4
2.3
1.5
1.8
1.7
marketing methods
3.8
4.6
3.9
1.2
4.0
Businesses with any abandoned innovative activity
7.5
10.3
8.3
6.8
8.4
(a) Proportions are of all businesses in each output category.
(b) Businesses may be counted in more than one category.


The proportion of businesses that abandoned at least one type of innovative activity during the year ended 30 June 2014 was 8%. Businesses with 200 or more persons employed had the lowest proportion of abandoned innovative activity (7%), while the highest was in businesses with 5-19 persons employed (10%).

Marketing methods were the most common type of innovative activity abandoned (4%), while operational processes and organisational/managerial processes were the least likely to be abandoned (both 2%).

Further data relating to abandoned innovation can be accessed via the Downloads tab.