Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za PreparedfortheDepartmentofScienceandTechnologyandtheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operation andDevelopment(OECD)bytheCentreforScience,TechnologyandInnovationIndicators(CeSTII)inthe KnowledgeSystemsProgrammeoftheHumanSciencesResearchCouncil PublishedonbehalfoftheDepartmentofScienceandTechnology. PublishedbyarrangementwiththeOECD.Theopinionsexpressedandargumentsemployedhereindonot necessarilyreflecttheofficialviewsoftheOrganisationorofthegovernmentsofitsmembercountries. PublishedbyHSRCPress PrivateBagX9182,CapeTown,8000,SouthAfrica www.hsrcpress.ac.za ©2006HumanSciencesResearchCouncil Firstpublished2006 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedin anyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,includingphotocopying andrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermission inwritingfromthepublishers. ISBN0-7969-2062-1 CopyeditedbyRobynArnold TypesetbyRobinTaylor CoverbyFarmDesign PrintmanagementbycomPress DistributedinAfricabyBlueWeaver SpecialistPublishersRepresentatives POBox30370,Tokai,CapeTown,7966,SouthAfrica Tel:+27(0)21701-4477 Fax:+27(0)21701-7302 email:orders@blueweaver.co.za www.oneworldbooks.com DistributedinEuropeandtheUnitedKingdombyEurospanDistributionServices(EDS) 3HenriettaStreet,CoventGarden,London,WC2E8LU,UnitedKingdom Tel:+44(0)2072400856 Fax:+44(0)2073790609 email:orders@edspubs.co.uk www.eurospanonline.com DistributedinNorthAmericabyIndependentPublishersGroup(IPG) OrderDepartment,814NorthFranklinStreet,Chicago,IL60610,USA Calltoll-free:(800)8884741 Allotherenquiries:+1(312)3370747 Fax:+1(312)3375985 email:frontdesk@ipgbook.com www.ipgbook.com Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Contents Listoftables vii Listoffigures x Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xv Abbreviationsandacronyms xvii IntroductionMarioScerri 1 Part1 Theoreticalfoundationsofinnovationsurveys Chapter1 Theconceptualfluidityofnationalinnovationsystems:Implicationsfor innovationmeasures 9 MarioScerri Chapter2 Innovationsystemsinemerginganddevelopingeconomies 21 Jean-EricAubert Chapter3 Developingthelinkagebetweenpolicyandinnovationmeasurement 43 BrianSloan Chapter4 Countingtheseedsofinnovation:Theassessmentoftechnological creativity 59 ChristiaanRedelinghuys Chapter5 Mappingandmeasuring:Aholisticapproachtoauditinginnovation 73 VictorRoss&AntonKleingeld Chapter6 Macroeconomicmeasuresforthereturnoninvestmentininnovation 83 DavidWalwyn Part2 Approachestomeasuringinnovationinregionsandcountries Chapter7 Innovationsurveys:LessonsfromtheexperiencesofOECDcountries 93 DominiqueGuellec&BillPattinson Chapter8 UsingtheOslomethodologytomeasureinnovation:TheCommunity InnovationSurveyapproach 111 FrankFoyn Chapter9 Closingthegapsinsystemsofinnovationresearch:Howtoimprovethe measurementofinnovationfinancebytheCommunityInnovation Surveys 123 IlianPetkovIliev Chapter10 AnoverviewofLatinAmericaninnovationsurveys 141 GuillermoAnlló Chapter11 TheBogotáManual:StandardisinginnovationindicatorsforLatinAmerica andtheCaribbean 163 GustavoLugones Chapter12 Innovationindicatorswithinsub-SaharanAfrica:Aspecificcasefor Tanzania 183 BitrinaDiyamett&SamuelWangwe Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Chapter13 InnovationsurveysinCentralandEasternEurope:Resultsandpolicy issues 199 SlavoRadosevic Chapter14 SouthAfrica’sfirstsurveyofinnovationinthemanufacturingsectorand recommendationsforthenextsurvey 217 WilliamBlankley&DavidKaplan Chapter15 ResearchdesignfortheSouthAfricanInnovationSurvey2001 227 LeonOerlemans,AndréBuys&MarthinusPretorius Chapter16 Estimatingdisparities,complementaritiesandgapsbetweenregionsand countries:ThecaseofChinaanditsprovincesin1993 251 ChrisdeBresson,XuShiqing&PierreMohnen Part3 Approachestomeasuringinnovationinsectors Chapter17 Keydriversintechnologicallyexcellentorganisations:Asuiteofindicators, trendsandinterpretations 281 RoyMarcus&JanieBasson Chapter18 UnderstandingtechnologyandeconomicdevelopmentinSouthAfrican industry:Thecaseoftheplasticssector 297 SimonRoberts Chapter19 AttemptstosurveyinnovationintheHungarianservicesector 309 AnnamáriaInzelt Listofcontributors 329 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za vii List of tables Table2.1 SubcategoriesofdevelopingcountriesbyS&Tcapacity 22 TableA2.1 Countriesselectedfortheknowledgeassessmentscorecards 34 TableA2.2 Variablesusedinthe‘standard’15-variablescorecards 36 TableA2.3 Othervariablesavailableintheknowledgeassessmentmethodology exercise 36 TableA2.4 Dataforvariablescorrespondingtoinnovationclimate 40 Table3.1 Someexamplesoftheuseofinnovationsurveydata 46 Table3.2 Environmentalinnovationindicatorsincludedinthefamilyofinnovation surveysbasedontheOsloManual 50 Table5.1 Theinfluenceofthebusinesscontextontypicalorganisationalattributes 75 Table6.1 R&Dspendingbyindustryfor2000(USAonly) 84 Table7.1 InnovationratesforEUcountriesbyindustry(1994–1996) 95 Table7.2 InnovationratesforEUcountriesbysizeoffirm(1994–1996) 96 Table7.3 Technologicalandnon-technologicalinnovationinAustralia(1993–1994) 97 Table7.4 TechnologicalinnovationinEUcountries(1994–1996) 98 Table7.5 Shareofinnovativeproductsalesinturnover(manufacturing) 100 Table7.6 GrowthinsalesintheNetherlands(1994–1996) 103 Table7.7 FirmproductivityandprofitabilityinAustralia(1993–1994) 103 Table7.8 ImpactofinnovationonproductionactivitiesinAustralia(1996–1997) 104 Table7.9 GrowthinemploymentintheNetherlands(1994–1996) 105 Table7.10 ProportionoffirmsincreasingemploymentinAustralia 106 Table10.1 ComparisonofCIS-2andCIS-3questionnaires 153 TableA10.1 Generalcharacteristicsofthesurveys 157 TableA10.2 Comparisonofthealternativeswithrespectto‘economicobjectivesof innovation’ 158 TableA10.3 Comparisonofthealternativeswithrespectto‘sourcesofinformationfor innovation’ 159 TableA10.4 Comparisonofthealternativeswithrespectto‘factorshamperinginnovation activities’ 160 TableA10.5 OrganisationalcharacterisationofR&D 161 TableA10.6 Comparisonamongthealternativesof‘innovationexpenditures’ 161 TableA10.7 Commonbodyofissuesforcomparison 161 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za M E A S U R I N G I N N O V AT I O N I N O E C D A N D N O N - O E C D C O U N T R I E S viii Table12.1 SelectedmacroeconomicindicatorsforTanzania 187 Table12.2 Povertyindicators:comparisonbetweenTanzaniaandaveragesfordeveloping anddevelopedcountries 188 Table13.1 SharesofinnovativefirmsinEUandCentralandEasternEurope 208 Table13.2 Shareofinnovativeenterprisesbysizeofenterprise(1996–1997) 210 Table13.3 Innovationexpenditureinmanufacturingsectorbyeconomicactivity (1996–1997) 211 Table15.1 Simplerandomsamplesizefordifferentdegreesofprecisionforapopulation of16931 237 Table15.2 Stratumsize,mean,standarddeviationandvariance 240 Table15.3 SamplesizeforSAIS2001 242 Table15.4 CompositionoftheSAIS2001questionnaire 243 Table16.1 Provincialinnovativespecialisations 260 Table16.2 China’spropensitytoinnovate,1993:largeandmedium-sizedindustrial enterprises 267 Table16.3 ThepropensitytoinnovateofindustrialenterprisesinEurope(includingsmall firms) 268 Table16.4 Observedandpredictedproportionofinnovativefirmsandproportionof innovativesalesintheemergingphaseoftheproductlifecyclebyregionsand provinces(%) 271 Table16.5 Propensitytoinnovate:shareofinnovativesalesintheemergingphaseofthe productlifecyclebyindustry 272 Table16.6 Observedandpredictedproportionofinnovativefirmsandproportion ofinnovativesalesintheemergingandgrowthphaseoftheproduct lifecycle(%) 273 Table16.7 Propensitytoinnovate:shareofinnovativesalesintheemergingandgrowth stagesoftheproductlifecyclebyindustry 274 Table16.8 Empiricallyplausiblecausalexplanationsforinnovativeperformance(plausible explanatoryvariables) 274 Table18.1 Internationalisationandproductionchange 303 Table18.2 Firmgrowth,productiontechniquechangesandinternationaltrade 304 Table19.1 ThelifelinesoftheHungarianinnovationfeasibilitysurvey(service sector) 312 Table19 .2 ComparingtheHungarianinnovationsurveyquestionnairetoCIS-2 (servicesector) 313 Table19.3 Numberoforganisationsbyeconomicsectorandbyinnovation 314 Table19.4 Themostimportantaimsstimulatinginnovation(1996–1998) 315 Table19.5 Theimportanceofinformationsourcesforinnovationbyeconomic sector 315 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za ix Table19.6 Theimportanceofsourcesofinformationbytheirfieldofapplication 316 Table19.7 NumbersandproportionofthoseengagedinR&D 318 Table19.8 Rankingofinnovativeactivitiesbyresourcesallocated(1998) 319 Table19.9 ThefrequencyofR&Dactivity(1996–1998) 320 Table19.10 Rankingofmethodstoprotectcompetitiveadvantage 320 Table19.11 Numberandtypeof‘partnerorganisations’ofrespondingcompanies participatingininnovationcooperation(1996–1998) 321 Table19.12 Organisationalchangesaffectingturnover(1996–1999) 322 Table19.13 Theeffectsoffactorshinderinginnovation(1996–1998) 323 L I S T O F T A B L E S Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za x List of figures Figure2.1 Bargraphoftheentrepreneurshipvariablecorrespondingtoinnovation climate 24 Figure2.2 Bargraphoftheventurecapitalvariablecorrespondingtoinnovation climate 24 Figure2.3 Bargraphoftheresearchcollaborationvariablecorrespondingtoinnovation climate 24 Figure2.4 Bargraphofthelocalcompetitionvariablecorrespondingtoinnovation climate 25 Figure2.5 Bargraphofthetariffandnon-tariffbarriersvariablecorrespondingto innovationclimate 25 Figure2.6 Bargraphoftheregulatoryframeworkvariablecorrespondingtoinnovation climate 25 Figure2.7 Bargraphofthegovernmenteffectivenessvariablecorrespondingto innovationclimate 26 Figure2.8 BargraphoftheFDIasapercentageofGDP(1990–1998)variable correspondingtoinnovationclimate 26 Figure2.9 Worldregionswithall61variablesselected 27 Figure2.10 Innovationsystemsofselectedlargeeconomies:Brazil,China,India 29 Figure2.11 TotalR&Dexpenditure,(PPP1996)asapercentageofGNPand scientistsandengineerspermillion 30 FigureA2.1 StandardscorecardsofSouthAfrica:comparisonrelativetoallcountriesand relativetoAfrica 38 FigureA2.2 InnovationsystemsofJapan,RussiaandtheUnitedStates 39 Figure4.1 Resource–effort–valuenomogram 64 Figure4.2 Relativecreativeperformance 64 Figure4.3 Growthinaircraftcruisingspeed 66 Figure4.4 Designqualitystatus 66 Figure4.5 Classesofengineeringdesignknowledge 68 Figure5.1 Thecircleofinnovation 74 Figure5.2 Aconceptualmapofinnovation 77 Figure5.3 ResultsofaninnovationauditofanR&Ddepartment 79 Figure6.1 Wasteddevelopmentspendingcomparedwithcommercialisationsuccessfor variousindustries 84 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za . www.hsrcpress.ac.za xiii Foreword ThroughtheDepartmentofScience and Technology(DST),SouthAfricahashadthebenefit ofobservermembershiponthe OECD sCommitteeforScientific and TechnologicalPolicy (CSTP)since1998.ThisallowsSouthAfricatoparticipate in theGlobalScienceForum (GSF),WorkingGrouponTechnology and Innovation Policy(TIP),NationalExpertson Science and TechnologyIndicators(NESTI) and theWorkingPartyonBiotechnology (WPB). TheworkofNESTI,particularly in theareasofResearch and ExperimentalDevelopment (R&D) and Innovation Surveys,hasbeenofspecialinteresttotheDepartment and ledto the OECD and SouthAfricahostingajointseminaronthemeasurementof innovation activities in OECD and non -OECD countries in Pretoria in March2001.Theseminarwas wellattended,with132delegatesfrom OECD countries and otherregionsoftheworld (Africa,LatinAmerica and Asia)participating in averyfruitfulexchangeofexperiences. TheimportanceofregularmeasurementofbothR&D and innovation throughproper nationalsurveyswasbroughtintofocusforSouthAfricaattheseminar.Iwouldliketotake thisopportunitytosincerelythanktheSteeringCommittee and theteamfromthe OECD Secretariatfortheirhardwork in ensuringthattheseminarwasasuccess. Iampleasedtoreportthatsincetheseminar,SouthAfricahasmaderapidprogress in establishingareliable,nationally and internationallyacceptedsetofofficialscience and technologystatistics.Thesestatistics in turnprovidethemainindicatorsrequired tounderpintheimplementationofSouthAfrica’snationalR&DStrategyasoutlined bygovernment. In 2002,theCentreforScience,Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII)oftheHumanSciencesResearchCouncilwascommissionedbyDSTtoundertake aregularseriesofR&D and Innovation Surveys in ordertoestablishabaselineofofficial S&Tindicators. In June2004,theDST and StatisticsSouthAfricasignedaMemorandumof Agreementconcerningtherecognitionofofficialnationalscience and technologystatistics. Thisbookthusrecordsanimportanthistoricalturningpoint in SouthAfrica’sprogress towardsaneffectivenationalsystemof innovation. Theseminarbroughttotheforesomeof thekeycriticaldifferencesbetweendeveloped and developing countries in theirapproaches to measuring innovation. Thesedifferencesareclearlyreflected in thevariouschapters ofthisbook,whichcoversomeofthemostimportantdebatesthatemergedduringthe seminar. RobAdam Director-General DepartmentofScience and Technology SouthAfrica Free. Macroeconomicmeasuresforthereturnoninvestment in innovation 83 DavidWalwyn Part2 Approachesto measuring innovation in regions and countries Chapter7 Innovation surveys:Lessonsfromtheexperiencesof OECD countries