This Handbook comprehensively examines indicators and statistical measurement related to innovation (as defined in the OECD/Eurostat Oslo Manual). It deals with the development and the use of innovation indicators to support decision-making and is written by authors who are practitioners, who know what works and what does not, in order to improve the development of indicators to satisfy future policy needs. This unique volume presents: the historical and geographical context for innovation indicators and measurement practical examples of how measurement is actually undertaken new areas of innovation indicators and measurement, including consumer innovation, public sector innovation and social innovation. This informative Handbook will appeal to policymakers in government departments, statistical offices and research institutes, international organizations such as the EU, OECD and the UN, as well as university departments of economics, sociology, law, science and technology, and public policy.
Contents: PART I: WHY INDICATORS MATTER 1. Innovation Indicators and Measurement: An Overview Fred Gault PART II: DEFINING INNOVATION AND IMPLEMENTING THE DEFINITIONS 2. The Oslo Manual Fred Gault 3. History of the Community Innovation Survey Anthony Arundel and Keith Smith 4. How Firm Managers Understand Innovation: Implications for the Design of Innovation Surveys Anthony Arundel, Kieran O'Brien and Ann Torugsa 5. User Innovation: Business and Consumers Jeroen P.J. de Jong and Eric von Hippel PART III: MEASUREMENT 6. Innovation Panel Surveys in Germany Bettina Peters and Christian Rammer 7. Innovation and R&D Surveys in Norway Frank Foyn 8. .Innovation Surveys: Experience from Japan Tomohiro Ijichi PART IV: DEVELOPING AND USING INDICATORS 9. The OECD Measurement Agenda for Innovation Fernando Galindo-Rueda 10. Developing Harmonized Measures of the Dynamics of Organizations and Work Nathalie Greenan and Edward Lorenz 11. Scoreboards and Indicator Reports Hugo Hollanders and Norbert Janz PART V: INNOVATION STRATEGY 12. The OECD Innovation Strategy: Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators and Innovation Policy Andrew W. Wyckoff 13. The Finnish Approach to Innovation Strategy and Indicators Esko Aho, Mikko Alkio and Ilkka Lakaniemi 14. US Innovation Strategy and Policy: An Indicators Perspective Christopher T. Hill PART VI: BEYOND THE HORIZON 15. Developing and Using Indicators of Emerging and Enabling Technologies Leonid Gokhberg, Konstantin Fursov, Ian Miles, and Giulio Perani 16. Foresight and Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators Dirk Meissner and Alexander Sokolov 17. Measuring Innovation in the Public Sector Carter Bloch 18. Indicators for Social Innovation Geoff Mulgan, Kippy Joseph and Will Norman PART VII: CHALLENGES 19. Innovation Indicators and Measurement: Challenges Fred Gault Index