Establishments by factors that hamper innovation, according to activity branch and size. Basque Country. 2008-2010

	Total establishments				Businesses with 10 or more employees
	Total	Branch of activity			Total	Branch of activity
	% acc/business	Industry	Construction	services	% acc/business	Industry	Construction	services
There are factors that make innovation difficult	63,1	71,5	62,2	62,4	69,6	78,1	67,7	66,6
Economic factors	52,6	61,4	53,5	51,6	57,6	71,0	54,9	53,0
Excessive economic risks	43,7	51,2	44,6	42,8	43,8	57,7	45,5	38,2
High innovation costs	46,2	56,8	48,3	44,7	51,4	64,4	50,7	46,4
Lack of sources for funding	43,1	51,0	49,3	41,0	44,3	55,2	39,4	40,9
Internal factors	30,8	44,5	34,8	28,6	45,4	50,7	48,4	42,9
Organizational inflexibility	13,6	18,1	14,5	13,0	24,5	23,1	27,6	24,5
Lack of qualified personnel	18,3	30,3	21,8	16,4	27,2	34,4	28,8	24,2
Lack of information on technology	19,2	29,8	24,6	17,0	24,3	30,3	34,9	20,2
Lack of information on markets	17,5	26,7	19,3	16,3	22,6	28,7	25,4	19,8
Other factors	35,7	41,5	40,2	34,2	40,8	41,0	42,0	40,5
Insufficient flexibility in regulations	17,4	24,5	23,2	15,6	25,4	26,5	32,7	23,7
Lack of customer awareness	22,4	27,5	24,2	21,5	26,1	30,1	28,6	24,0
Others	7,0	6,1	7,4	7,0	4,8	3,0	6,4	5,3