Benchmarking regional innovative performance: composite measures and direct innovation counts

Abstract

There is a considerable amount of discussion, but still no consensus, about which indicator should be used to measure innovation. To participate in this debate, a unique innovation database, SFINNO, is introduced. Innovation counts from the database are used as the baseline, to show that innovation is a complex phenomenon which cannot be entirely explained through the use of proxy statistics, as the linkages between innovation input-and output-indicators are fuzzy.We also show that the strength of these linkages varies by field of technology. Furthermore, different innovation measures produce highly divergent rankings when they are used as benchmarking tools of regional innovative performance. Although the produced innovation indexes perform slightly better, their superiority is marginal. Therefore, caution should be taken before drawing too drastic policy conclusions depending on a single measure of regional innovative performance.

How to measure innovation in radiotherapy: an application of the Delphi method

“…In the literature, a number of shortcomings are listed of data collection in organisations by means of questionnaires. [33,48] Such data are not completely objective, as the respondent decides what exactly constitutes an innovation. Also, indicators from surveys sometimes suffer from estimated-answer bias and low response rates.…”

“…Which indicators are most suitable for measuring innovation in a specific situation or sector is still debatable, however, and needs to be clarified in each specific sector and situation such as in our case in radiotherapy. [32,33] The aim of this study is to identify indicators of innovation that are suitable for measuring innovation in radiotherapy. It is required that these indicators can be applied in a multicentric setting, can capture both incremental innovation and more radical innovations, and can distinguish between generating and implementing innovations.…”

Estado Da Arte Da Produção Científica Sobre Indicadores E Índices De Inovação

“…A inovação é complexa, e não há um consenso sobre qual indicador deve ser usado para medila (Makkonen & van der Have, 2013). Além disso, o tipo de variável escolhida pode afetar as conclusões de pesquisa, ou as informações nas quais os decisores políticos baseiam suas decisões.…”

“…Embora P&D e Patentes sejam considerados indicadores válidos para medir a inovação, tais relações lineares podem ser ilusórias, visto que estes indicadores apresentam fragilidades (Makkonen & van der Have, 2013;Nelson, 2009;Schmoch & Gauch, 2009). …”

“…Embora as estatísticas de P&D estejam associadas à inovação, nem todos os esforços de P&D estão necessariamente relacionados a resultados de inovação comercializados ou de sucesso (Makkonen & van der Have, 2013;Nelson, 2009). Há, ainda, o entendimento de que P&D pode ser considerado apenas um fator de entrada (input) da inovação (Kleinknecht, Van Montfort, & Brouwer, 2002;Ratanawaraha & Polenske, 2007).…”