Business Innovation

STATUS: Current
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Heinamann, CL (Ms Cheryl), Roscigno, C (Mrs Carolina), Molotja, N (Dr Neo), Botopela, EN (Ms Ella), Makelane, HR (Dr Hlamulo), Sithole, MM (Dr Moses), Mudavanhu, P (Mrs Precious), Kupamupindi, T. (Mr Takura), Nkobole, N (Ms Nolitha), Whisgary, D (Mr ), Frieslaar, F (Ms Farzanah), Masilela, BST (Dr Temba)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: Innovation performance in South African businesses, 2014-2016: activities, outcomes, enablers, constraints, The state of innovation in South Africa: findings from the South African National Innovation Survey, How open are innovations among user-innovative South African firms?: a case study, Science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators and R&D and innovation surveys in South Africa, Innovation survey implementation, Measuring innovation: main definitions, Innovation surveys: estimation techniques, Innovation surveys: innovation survey definitions, Innovation survey methodology/implementation, National survey on innovation: standard ASTII innovation questionnaire, Innovation surveys: survey procedures - target population and sampling, Metadata, security and documentation, Population estimate: concept of weighting: a practical example, Providing and calculating innovation indicators, South African innovation survey: main results 2008, Are small, medium- and micro-sized enterprises engines of innovation?: the reality in South Africa, South African innovation survey 2008: highlights, How innovative is South Africa?, Main results of the South African innovation survey 2005, Main results of the South African innovation survey 2005 (covering the period 2002-2004)
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Abstract

Designing new measures of business innovation in South Africa is a core priority, to feed into sectoral innovation plans.