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Abstract:
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An earlier version of this paper was prepared for the joint OECD/Eurostat workshop
on innovation surveys, OECD, Paris, June 30th 1999. The paper addresses some issues
about the nature of innovation surveys (particularly the new Community Innovation
Surveys) and how they might be improved to take on board several crucial
developments in contemporary advanced economies. In particular the following topics
are discussed: the increased distribution of innovative activity across firms and
networks; the problems of service sector innovation and the comparability of services
and manufacturing firms; and the problems of labour in the innovation process. |
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