José Simões Manuel Bóia Rodrigo Rodrigues Comments on 2001/03/16 Community Innovation Survey “2 nd Enquiry to Innovation Activities and Results – Portugal”

José SimõesJosé Simões

Manuel BóiaManuel Bóia

Rodrigo RodriguesRodrigo Rodrigues

Comments onComments on

2001/03/162001/03/16

Community Innovation SurveyCommunity Innovation Survey

““22ndnd Enquiry to Innovation Enquiry to Innovation Activities and Results Activities and Results – – PortugalPortugal””

January 2000January 2000

Patrícia Ávila, Pedro ConceiçãoPatrícia Ávila, Pedro Conceição

Comments on MethodologyComments on Methodology

Portugal - 2Portugal - 2ndnd Enquiry to Innovation Activities and Results Enquiry to Innovation Activities and Results

no statisticsno statistics on the causes of no-answers to permit higher rates of on the causes of no-answers to permit higher rates of responses in future enquiries;responses in future enquiries;

no questions to allow improvements on future enquiries;no questions to allow improvements on future enquiries;

e.g., a threshold of internet access would allow the construction of a e.g., a threshold of internet access would allow the construction of a interactive web portal to introduce data, FAQ’s, interchange of doubts interactive web portal to introduce data, FAQ’s, interchange of doubts and answers, real-time collection, etc.and answers, real-time collection, etc.

rates of response not aggregated by company size or referred to total rates of response not aggregated by company size or referred to total of class firms, to assess their importance;of class firms, to assess their importance;

lack of a table including the calculations of the sample correction lack of a table including the calculations of the sample correction factors for firm size and sector specificity;factors for firm size and sector specificity;

Comments on Results PresentationComments on Results Presentation


To much text with unrelated numbers To much text with unrelated numbers ((without the corresponding without the corresponding tables or graphicstables or graphics));;

If the results for innovation show for both services and industry a If the results for innovation show for both services and industry a sector specificitysector specificity, for industry a correlation with the , for industry a correlation with the firm sizefirm size, and for , and for service a threshold for service a threshold for firm sizefirm size, why the different criteria are not , why the different criteria are not presented with this aggregation for presented with this aggregation for Resources Allocated to InnovationResources Allocated to Innovation, , Innovation ObjectivesInnovation Objectives, , Sources for InformationSources for Information and and CooperationCooperation,, and and Barriers to InnovationBarriers to Innovation??

Lack of clear broader information relation between Lack of clear broader information relation between R&D, Adoption & R&D, Adoption & Diffusion of TechnologyDiffusion of Technology, and , and Other ExpendituresOther Expenditures, also in a , also in a perper firm firm class and sector basis, over FTE (“ETI”) employee, to assess their class and sector basis, over FTE (“ETI”) employee, to assess their relation to innovation;relation to innovation;

to much “global” criteria information without to much “global” criteria information without somesome intermediate steps; intermediate steps;

A additional measure on Innovation: Added ValueA additional measure on Innovation: Added Value


Company

Innovative Productsand/or Services

OutsourcedComponents

TechnologyAdoption

Market

InputMaterials

OtherExternalSources

Other Collaborations

Final CommentsFinal Comments


Need for collection of information to allow future improvements on Need for collection of information to allow future improvements on inquiries;inquiries;

Need to better assess sector specificity and firm size influence on all Need to better assess sector specificity and firm size influence on all innovation criteria, regarding national firm structure;innovation criteria, regarding national firm structure;

Need to focus clearer on the “parts of a summation” before assess their Need to focus clearer on the “parts of a summation” before assess their global result;global result;

Need to search for additional measurable criteria on InnovationNeed to search for additional measurable criteria on Innovation

QuestionQuestion


““Knowing that sector specificity and firm size were aggregations of Knowing that sector specificity and firm size were aggregations of

major importance found also by this enquiry as well as others, why major importance found also by this enquiry as well as others, why

didn’t you presented the results for this aggregation, both in services didn’t you presented the results for this aggregation, both in services

and industry, in all criteria presented?”and industry, in all criteria presented?”

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José Simões Manuel Bóia Rodrigo Rodrigues Comments on 2001/03/16 Community Innovation Survey “2 nd Enquiry to Innovation Activities and Results – Portugal”