Jo Lorentzen HSRC, Cape Town jlorentzen@hsrc.ac.za Innovation indicators in South Africa: Do we have any? How good are they? Can we use them for comparisons? Jo Lorentzen HSRC, Cape Town jlorentzen@hsrc.ac.za 2nd BRICS workshop, Rio de Janeiro, 25-27 April 2007
Outline Definition Data issues Existence Quality (dis-)aggregation accessibility Significance for comparative work in BRICS
Definition: innovation indicator A (non-composite) measure of innovative activity of firms (from simple learning to frontier activity) institutions and agencies or elements thereof, whether pursued individually or in conjunction with others.
Innovation indicators in South Africa Quality Format (Dis-) aggregation Accessibility PEOPLE Education ☺ Migration bad summary no good RESOURCES R&D Problematic IDEAS Publications not harmonised unreliable terrible Patents hard copy LEARNING Inv. Climate S. Innov. Survey problematic