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Where are innovation indicators, and their applications, going?

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This paper reviews the current state of indicators of the activity of innovation and how they are presented for use in the policy process leading to a discussion of the development of new indicators, some outside of the business sector, which raises questions about the definition of innovation. This is followed by a review of plans for the evolution of innovation indicators and their use over the next few years. These plans, national and international, are diverse and this leads to a discussion of international organizations and forums which could facilitate progress towards new indicators and a better understanding of innovation systems.

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  • Gault, F., 2014. "Where are innovation indicators, and their applications, going?," MERIT Working Papers 2014-055, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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    2. Leonid Gokhberg & Konstantin Fursov & Ian Miles & Giulio Perani, 2013. "Developing and using indicators of emerging and enabling technologies," Chapters, in: Fred Gault (ed.), Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement, chapter 15, pages 349-380, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    Keywords

    Innovation; R&D; Research and Development; Innovations systems; Statistics; Indicators;
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    JEL classification:

    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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