Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Gaut, Fred
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Measuring innovation in all sectors of the economy
Abstract: This paper reviews the history of measurement of innovation using definitions in three
	 editions of the Oslo Manual. It then draws on work on innovation in the public sector
	 and innovation by households to generalise the Oslo Manual definitions for application
	 in all sectors of the economy, as defined in the 2008 Manual for the System of National
	 Accounts. The generalised, or meta-definitions are then discussed in the context of each
	 sector and linked to current literature. Finally, the role of measurement in policy
	 learning is considered as well as the importance of innovation indicators for the
	 development, monitoring and evaluation of innovation policy across the economy.  
Keywords: Innovation indicators, definitions of innovation, system of national accounts, policy
	 learning, statistical measurement 
Classification-JEL: C82; O30; O31; O38; Z18
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2015
Number: 2015-038
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2015/wp2015-038.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2015038