Data for the periods 2010-12, 2012-14 and 2014-16 also include other innovation expenditures (training, market introduction, design, engineering, etc.). Source: Statistics Austria (2017), R&D statistics, littD://stalcubc.at/statistik.at/cxt/statcubc/isf/tablcVicw/tablc View.xhtml. The propensity to innovate has increased in the past ten years, but this has not resulted in significantly higher sales involving product innovation.