Oslo Manual
Subtitle: Guidelines for Collecting and Interpreting Innovation Data, 3rd Edition
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Statistical Office of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Contributors: Statistical Office of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Edition: 3rd Edition
Series: The Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities; Measurement of Scientific and Technological Activities
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9789264013100
Subjects: Economics; Science and Technology
Description: The Oslo Manual is the foremost international source of guidelines for the collection and use of data on innovation activities in industry. This third edition has been updated to take account of the progress made in understanding the innovation process, the experience gained from the previous round of innovation surveys, the extension of the field of investigation to other sectors of industry and the latest revisions of international standard classifications.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Objectives and Scope of the Manual; title: Chapter 2. Innovation Theory and Measurement Needs; title: Chapter 3. Basic Definitions; title: Chapter 4. Institutional Classifications; title: Chapter 5. Linkages in the Innovation Process; title: Chapter 6. Measuring Innovation Activities; title: Chapter 7. Objectives, Obstacles, and Outcomes of Innovation; title: Chapter 8. Survey Procedures; title: Annex A. Innovation Surveys in Developing Countries; title: Annex B. Examples of Innovations