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 policy makers in government departments, statistical offices and research institutes and 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part I: Why Indicators Matter 1. Innovation Indicators and Measurement: An Overview Part II: Defining Innovation and Implementing the Definitions 2. The Oslo Manual 3. History of the Community Innovation Survey 4. How Firm Managers Understand Innovation: Implications for the Design of Innovation Surveys 5. User Innovation: Business and Consumers Part III: Measurement 6. Innovation Panel Surveys in Germany 7. Innovation and R&D Surveys in Norway 8. Innovation Surveys: Experience from Japan Part IV: Developing And Using Indicators 9. The OECD Measurement Agenda for Innovation 10. Developing Harmonized Measures of the Dynamics of Organizations and Work 11. Scoreboards and Indicator Reports Part V: Innovation Strategy 12. The OECD Innovation Strategy: Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators and Innovation Policy 13. The Finnish Approach to Innovation Strategy and Indicators 14. US Innovation Strategy and Policy: An Indicators Perspective Part VI: Beyond the Horizon 15. Developing and Using Indicators of Emerging and Enabling Technologies 16. Foresight and Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators 17. Measuring Innovation in the Public Sector 18. Indicators for Social Innovation Part VII: Challenges 19. Innovation Indicators and Measurement: Challenges Index