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# Long description

This figure is a bar graph. The information is displayed in the following table. (Note: the figures for ‘don't know/no answer’ were not shown in the original source image and so the numbers are based on our reading of the graph. The exact numbers are less important than their relative proportions when interpreting the data)

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| Very serious | Somewhat serious | Not serious | Not at all serious | Not applicable | DK/NA
Lack of collaboration with research institutes and universities | 13 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 3
Lack of suitable business partners | 16 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 2
Limited access to external information and knowledge, including a lack of well-developed technology support services | 16 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 3
Reducing material use is not an innovation priority | 17 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 4
Market dominated by established enterprises | 21 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2
Lack of qualified personnel and technological capabilities within the enterprise | 23 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 1
Technical and technological lock-ins (e.g. old technical infrastructures) | 22 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4
Reducing energy use is not an innovation priority | 26 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3
Lack of external financing | 31 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 1
Existing regulations and structures no providing incentives to eco-innovate | 25 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4
Insufficient access to existing subsidies and fiscal incentives | 30 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3
Lack of funds within the enterprise | 36 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1
Uncertain return on investment or too long a payback period for eco-innovation | 32 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3
Uncertain demand from the market | 34 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2