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   
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INNOVATION STILL IN DEVELOPMENT

Businesses with innovation still in development, by employment size(a), by type, 2013-14
0-4 persons
5-19 persons
20-199 persons
200 or more persons
Total
%
%
%
%
%
Businesses with innovation still in development for any new or significantly improved:(b)(c)
goods or services
10.1
14.2
16.1
25.9
11.9
operational processes
8.0
15.1
21.5
32.3
11.3
organisational/managerial processes
5.5
13.6
19.2
24.4
9.1
marketing methods
9.8
17.7
18.5
18.9
12.9
Businesses with any innovation still in development
19.0
31.7
40.4
53.8
24.7
(a) Proportions are of all businesses in each output category.
(b) Businesses may be counted in more than one category.
(c) As at the end of the reference period 30 June 2014.


Almost one in four businesses had innovation still in development as at 30 June 2014 (25%). Marketing methods was the type of innovation most likely to still be in development (13%), while organisational/managerial processes, at 9%, were the type of innovation least likely to still be in development as at 30 June 2014.

Graph: proportion of businesses with innovation still in development, by industry, 2013-14.

Businesses in the Information media and telecommunications industry were the most likely to have had each type of innovation still in development. Specifically, 26% of businesses in the industry had marketing methods still in development; 24% had goods or services still in development; 23% had operational processes still in development; and 17% had organisational/managerial processes still in development.

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