Community Innovation Survey 2012 - The proportion of innovative enterprises fell below 50% in the EU in 2010-2012 - Organisation and marketing innovations slightly prevail over product and process innovations

In the EU28, just under half (48.9%) of enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2010-2012. The proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU28 dropped in 2010-2012 compared with both 2006-2008 (51.5% innovative enterprises) and the peak recorded in 2008-2010 (52.8%). This pattern was observed in the majority of Member States.

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