Measuring Innovation 2006

Posted at 12 August 2006 in Innovation Measurement

72% of companies worldwide will increase spending on innovation in 2006, and 41 percent will increase spending significantly, according to a recent survey of senior management conducted by The Boston Consulting Group.

The Research Paradox

Posted at 18 June 2006 in Innovation Measurement

A recent paper by Asteris Chatziparadeisis, presented at the European Conference on Quality in Survey Statistics (Cardiff 24 – 26 April 2006) focuses on the capacity of well-established indicators to capture the progress towards the knowledge-based economy.

U.S. Science and Engineering Indicators 2006

Posted at 8 June 2006 in Innovation Measurement

Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) is first and foremost a volume of record comprising the major high quality quantitative data on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.

The report is produced by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Washington’s Innovation & Technology Metrics

Posted at 31 May 2006 in Innovation Measurement

Every year, the Washington Technology Center puts together a comprehensive analysis of trends and indicators that provide a statistical backdrop for measuring the state’s technology based economic growth.

Measuring Regional Innovation

Posted at 3 May 2006 in Innovation Measurement

The U.S. Council on Competitiveness offers a guidebook to help regions to assess the regional innovation environment. The guidebook outlines a process for collecting data on key measures of innovation that can then be used to drive regional economic development policies and programs.

The 2005 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard

Posted at 8 February 2006 in Innovation Measurement

The 2005 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard lists the Research and Development (R&D) investment of the top 700 EU and the top 700 non-EU corporate R&D investors, based on annual audited company consolidated reports and accounts.

A Report on Regional Innovation Benchmarking

Posted at 30 January 2006 in Innovation Measurement, Innovation Strategies

According to the introduction of the report it is a concise summary of the presentations, discussions and main conclusions of the MLP workshop on regional innovation benchmarking, that took part in Brussels in 25th of November 2005.