The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
The Australian Government's Innovation Report
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Percentage of Turnover Attributed to New <strong>Innovation</strong>s<br />
<strong>The</strong> percentage of turnover attributed to new innovations is another indicator available from the ABS innovation<br />
survey. This indicator measures the percentage of total turnover that arises from new products (that is, not including<br />
products that were unchanged or products that had been changed in minor ways). This can be interpreted as a<br />
measure of the intensity of innovation in each country and of the extent of technological renewal and<br />
upgrading, in value terms. Figure 20 shows that Australia scored considerably below the average for European<br />
members of the OECD for this indicator, ranking 14 th out of 17 European Union countries.<br />
FIGURE 20: Percentage turnover from new goods and services for product innovators as a percentage difference from<br />
the EU average<br />
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Percentage difference from the EU average<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
-20<br />
-40<br />
-60<br />
-80<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Denmark<br />
Iceland<br />
Spain<br />
Italy<br />
Finland<br />
Germany<br />
Greece<br />
United States<br />
Portugal<br />
Austria<br />
Belgium<br />
Netherlands<br />
Australia<br />
France<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Norway<br />
Source: OECD. Data from 2001-2003.<br />
Proportion of Innovating Businesses<br />
Another indicator drawn from the ABS <strong>Innovation</strong> Survey measures the proportion of innovating businesses<br />
in the economy. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> data are compared with similar data available for European countries that show<br />
the extent to which firms introduced new or significantly improved goods, services or processes. 9<br />
<strong>The</strong> industries included in the comparison are mining, manufacturing, utilities, wholesale trade, transport and<br />
storage, communication services, property services and finance and insurance. In these industries 41% of<br />
<strong>Australian</strong> firms have introduced new or significantly improved goods, services, or processes, slightly above<br />
the average for the European member countries from the OECD. Australia ranked 10 th out of 18 countries<br />
as is shown in Figure 21.<br />
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Consistent with all indicators derived from the ABS innovation survey, methodology concerns were taken into account to ensure consistency<br />
with the European values. In doing this some industries have been excluded from the analysis, including agriculture, forestry & fishing,<br />
construction, retail trade, accommodation, cafes and restaurants, property services and health and education.<br />
140 Backing Australia’s Ability