UK innovation survey 2023 – results for Scotland
Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2023, covering the three-year period from 2020 to 2022
Reasons for Not Innovating
Non-broader innovator businesses – i.e. businesses that did not have any innovation activity in 2020 to 2022 – were asked why it wasn’t necessary or possible for them to innovate.
Figure 11: In both Scotland and the UK, ‘No need due to market conditions’ was the most common reason for not innovating given by non-broader innovator businesses.
Percentage of non-broader innovator businesses that selected each reason for not innovating, in Scotland and the UK, 2020-2022.
Source: UK innovation survey 2023 – results for Scotland - tables from the Scottish Government. For Figure 11 data see Table 19.
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Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: industrystatistics@gov.scot
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