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Chapter: Appendix K: 2011 BRDIS Table 49
TABLE 49 Number of R&D-Active and Non-R&D-Active Companies in the United States That Introduced New or Significantly Improved Products or Processes and the Proportion of Companies in Each R&D Program Size Classification: 2009–2011 (number and percentage)
| Company Type | Number of Companies | New or Significantly Improved Product OR Process | New or Significantly Improved Product(s) | ||||||
| Any good/service | New goods | New services | |||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| All companiesa | 1,220,114 | 14.3 | 83.9 | 9.4 | 87.7 | 5.4 | 92.0 | 6.8 | 90.3 |
| With R&D activityb | 57,103 | 64.2 | 33.7 | 56.9 | 40.4 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 28.1 | 66.9 |
| < $10 million | 55 119 | 64.3 | 33.7 | 56.9 | 40.5 | 47.5 | 49.6 | 28.1 | 67.0 |
| ≥ $10 but < $50 million | , 1,331 | 60.9 | 36.3 | 52.3 | 44.3 | 42.6 | 53.6 | 26.7 | 69.1 |
| ≥ $50 but < $100 million | 235 | 71.1 | 24.3 | 67.2 | 27.7 | 61.7 | 33.6 | 31.1 | 62.1 |
| ≥ $100 million | 418 | 60.5 | 24.4 | 57.9 | 26.3 | 55.3 | 29.2 | 32.0 | 50.7 |
| Without R&D activity | 1,163,011 | 11.8 | 86.4 | 7.1 | 90.0 | 3.4 | 94.1 | 5.7 | 91.5 |
| Company Type | Number of Companies | New or Significantly Improved Process(es) | |||||||
| Any process | Manufacturing/production methods | Logistics/delivery/distribution methods | Support activities | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| All companiesa | 1,220,114 | 9.5 | 87.1 | 3.8 | 93.2 | 3.2 | 93.6 | 7.2 | 89.5 |
| With R&D activityb | 57,103 | 38.7 | 58.2 | 24.5 | 73.0 | 15.3 | 81.5 | 25.4 | 71.8 |
| < $10 million | 55 119 | 38.7 | 58.4 | 24.4 | 73.3 | 15.2 | 81.9 | 25.3 | 72.2 |
| ≥ $10 but < $50 million | , 1 331 | 39.7 | 56.4 | 27.1 | 69.2 | 18.9 | 77.2 | 29.6 | 66.5 |
| ≥ $50 but < $100 million | 235 | 44.7 | 49.4 | 35.7 | 57.9 | 24.3 | 68.5 | 34.5 | 59.2 |
| ≥ $100 million | 418 | 37.8 | 42.8 | 28.7 | 52.6 | 23.2 | 56.9 | 30.2 | 50.5 |
| Without R&D activity | 1,163,011 | 8.1 | 88.5 | 2.8 | 94.2 | 2.6 | 94.2 | 6.3 | 90.4 |
aStatistics are based on companies in the United States that reported to the survey, regardless of whether they did or did not perform or fund R&D. These statistics do not include an adjustment to the weight to account for unit nonresponse.
bStatistics pertain to companies located in the United States that performed or funded R&D.
NOTES: Survey asked companies to identify innovations introduced in 2009-2011. Sum of yes and no percentages may not add to 100% due to item nonresponse to some innovation question items. The full set of detailed statistical tables from the 2011 BRDIS will be available in Business R&D and Innovation: 2011 scheduled for release in 2014. Innovation statistics are found in Tables 46-49. Relative standard errors for each cell in those tables are available from NCSES upon request. Selected final statistics are summarized in NCSES’s InfoBrief: “Business R&D Performance in the United States Increased in 2011” (NSF 13-335) at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13335.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Business R&D and Innovation Survey, 2011.
