8166.0 - Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business, 2011-12 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 20/06/2013   
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GLOSSARY

Broadband

Defined by the ABS as an 'always on' internet connection with an access speed equal to or greater than 256kbps.

Innovation

An innovation is the introduction of a new or significantly improved good or service; operational process; organisational/managerial process; or marketing method.

Innovative activity

Innovative activity includes any work that was intended to, or did, result in the introduction of an innovation.

Internet

A world-wide public computer network. Organisations and individuals can connect their computers to this network and exchange information across a country and/or across the world. The internet provides access to a number of communication services including the World Wide Web and carries email, news, entertainment and data files.

Measures of business innovation

Two measures of business innovation are included in this release:

      Innovating businesses - businesses which introduced any type of innovation during the reference
      period.
      Innovation-active businesses - businesses which had undertaken any innovative activity during the
      reference period including: introduction of any type of innovation; and/or the development or introduction
      either still in progress or abandoned.

Non-innovating businesses

Businesses which, in the reference period, did not undertake any innovative activity

Order

A commitment to purchase goods or services.

Status of innovation

Three statuses of innovation are included in this release:
      Introduced - the business successfully introduced an innovation during the reference period (although
      the innovation does not need to have been commercially successful).
      Still in development - the business was in the process of developing or introducing an innovation during
      the reference period but work on the innovation was still in progress at the end of the period.
      Abandoned - the business abandoned the development and/or introduction of an innovation during the
      reference period (i.e. work on the innovation ceased without full introduction occurring).

Types of innovation

Four types of innovation are included in this release:
      Goods or services - Any good or service or combination of these which is new to a business (or
      significantly improved). Its characteristics or intended uses differ significantly from those previously
      produced/offered.
      Operational processes - New or significantly improved methods of producing or delivering goods or
      services of a business (including significant change in techniques, equipment and/or software).
      Organisational/managerial processes - New or significantly improved strategies, structures or routines
      of a business which aim to improve performance.
      Marketing methods - New or significantly improved design, packaging or sales methods aimed to
      increase the appeal of goods or services of a business or to enter new markets.

Web presence

Web presence includes a website, home page or presence on another entity's website. A website or home page is an electronic document that is accessed via a unique address on the World Wide Web. The document provides information in a textual, graphical or multimedia format. Web presence excludes online listings or directories.