uk innovation survey 2005 cis4 – introduction and guide a brief introduction to the survey some...

UK INNOVATION SURVEY 2005

CIS4 – Introduction and Guide

• A brief introduction to the survey

• Some description of the data and analytical results, special ref to organisational/ managerial innovation.


The Survey• Carried out in most European countries.

• Has been 4 yearly but two yearly from now on.

• Covers most industrial and commercial sectors and businesses with 10 or more employees.

• Results used extensively for academic research as well as in Government.

• Indicators from CIS used as performance indicators for DTI policy objectives.


Innovation is not just R&D

• R&D is an important part of the total innovation effort.

• But it is done by a small number of firms.

• And is concentrated in a few manufacturing sectors.

• Services are 75% or more of the economy and innovation is important for them

• And it is not just about technology


Main parts of the form• Defining Innovation

• Product and process innovation

• Effects on the firm of innovation

• Innovation related activities and expenditures

• Links – information sources and co-operation

• Barriers to innovation

• IPR

• Public Support

• “Wider Innovation” - Management related topics


Product (good or service) innovation

Did the enterprise introduce new or significantly improved goods or services?

How were these products developed? Were any of your product innovations new to your market or only new to your firm?

What were your shares of turnover attributable to new, significantly improved and unchanged products?


Process Innovation

Did your enterprise introduce any new or significantly improved processes for producing or supplying products?

How were these processes developed?

Were any of your process innovations new to your industry?


Innovation activities and expenditures

Which innovation activities did your enterprise engage in?

What were the estimated expenditures on these innovation activities?


Sources of information and co-operation for innovation

How important to your enterprise’s innovation activities were various sources of information?

Did your enterprise co-operate on any of your innovation activities with other enterprises or institutes?

What types of co-operation partner did you use and where were they located?


Barriers to innovation

How important were various factors as constraints to your innovation activities or influencing a decision not to innovate?


Effect of Innovation

How important were the various effects of your product and or process innovations?


Enterprises with no innovation activity

If your enterprise had no innovation activity, why has it not been necessary or possible to innovate?


Protection methods for innovation

How important to your enterprise are the various methods to protect innovations?


Public support for innovation

Did your enterprise receive any public financial support for innovation activities, and from which levels of government?


Wider innovation

Did your enterprise make major changes in various areas of business structure and practices?


Researchers Accessing to the Data• In the longer term, data will be held in the UK

Data Archive (www.data-archive.ac.uk)

• Access via registration with the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

• Requires agreement to an End User Licence outlining the terms and conditions of use of the data

• Short-term, access under a token contract and signed non-disclosure agreement.


Further Background• For the survey process:

• www.dti.gov.uk/iese/cis.htm

• For examples of research applications:

• www.dti.gov.uk/iese/cisuser2005.htm

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