Innovation Index

The website for the UK Innovation Index Project.

Pilot Index Reports

Private Sector Pilot Innovation Index
Authors: Stian Westlake, Brian MacAulay, Peter Gratzke, Albert Bravo-Biosca & Hasan Bakhshi
(November 2009)

Innovation, knowledge spending
and productivity growth in the UK
Authors: Jonathan Haskel, Tony Clayton, Peter Goodridge, Annarosa
Pesole, David Barnett, Graeme Chamberlin, Richard Jones, Khalid
Khan and Alex Turvey
(November 2009)

Measuring Firm Level Innovation
Authors: Stephen Roper, Chantal Hales, John R. Bryson and Jim Love
(November 2009)

Wider Framework Conditions
Authors Nicholas Miles, Charu Wilkinson, Jakob Edler, Mercedes Bleda, Paul Simmonds & John Clark



Innovation Index Working Papers

1. An Innovation Index Based on Knowledge Capital Investment
Tony Clayton, Mariela Dal Borgo and Jonathan Haskel - September 2008

2. Proposal for Measures of Firm-Level Innovation Performance in 12 Sectors of UK Industry
Richard Adams, Andy Neely, Bassil Yaghi and John Bessant - September 2008

3. Wider Conditions for Innovation
Diane Coyle and Mary Beth Childs - September 2008

4-1. Innovation in Government Organizations, Public Sector Agencies and Public Service NGOs LSE Public Policy Group - September 2008

4-2. Innovation in the Public and Third sectors
John Clark, Barbara Good and Paul Simmonds - September 2008

5. TFP, Welfare and Innovation: The Implications for an Index of Innovation
Dolores Añón Higón and Paul Stoneman - September 2008

6-1. Innovation and Well-being
Paul Dolan, Rob Metcalfe, Nick Powdthavee, Andy Beale and David Pritchard - September 2008

6-2. Innovation and Well-being
Richard Miller, Nic Marks and Juliet Michaelson - September 2008

7. Testing an extended R&D survey: Interviews with firms on innovation investment and depreciation
Damian Whittard, Mark Franklin, Peter Stam and Tony Clayton - April 2009

8. Measuring the nature of demand for innovation in the UK: The challenges of an indicator approach
Katherine Ashby and Michelle Mahdon - June 2009
 

Welcome to the Innovation Index Project collaborative workspace

Innovation Nation, the DIUS White Paper on innovation (March 2008) states that NESTA will 'develop an Innovation Index to measure UK innovation in the round ... A pilot index will be published in 2009 with a fuller system in place by 2010.'

Call for Ideas

Measuring innovation within public sector organisations: 4 examples of innovation scorecards

As part of NESTA’s scoping work for developing an agreed methodology for a public sector Innovation Index, we commissioned 4 exploratory projects to develop an organisational innovation diagnostic tool.NESTA selected 4 projects teams: Ernst &…Continue

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Started by Innovation Index Admin in Innovation Index library Apr 19, 2010.

Launch of the pilot Innovation Index 1 Reply

Two thirds of private sector productivity growth between 2000 and 2007 was driven by innovation, claims a new report by NESTA.The findings are revealed in NESTA's Innovation Index - the most ambitious attempt yet to measure the contribution of…Continue

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Started by Innovation Index Admin in Innovation Index library. Last reply by Humphrey Bogart Mar 22, 2010.

Latest Activity

Richard Ferrers posted a blog post

Obama's 2011 State of the Union addresses innovation.

SOTU says: "The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation."Current US technology policy:Guiding Principles(1) Innovation in the Economy: Drive Economic Growth and Solve National Problems By Deploying a 21st Century Information Infrastructure(2) Innovation in Science: Invest in Science and Science Education(3) Innovation in Public Administration:…See More
Feb 1, 2011
6 Comments
Richard Ferrers commented on Innovation Index Admin's blog post Innovation Index - now official
"Good looking report. Will read with interest."
Feb 1, 2011
Innovation Index Admin posted a blog post

Innovation Index - now official

A few years ago, when NESTA embarked on the Innovation Index, we had a vision. We thought that innovation should be measured not just by spending on men and women in white coats, but in a whole wider range of investments in knowledge that drive real business innovation. We spent over two years developing a new way of thinking about investment in innovation, that included innovative skills, business models, and organisational design, as well as traditonal research and development. Yesterday,…See More
Jan 26, 2011
1 Comment
William Taylor posted a blog post

Experiencing Innovation

Maybe it would be helpful to have some feedback from the coal face of innovation (not that we have any coalfaces anymore)Firstly a case study. My own as it happens but it's more then commonplace.New product ( reasonable IP, world wide market, 3x net margin ) designed in the UK with very patchy design assistance from Bus LinkTime to pre production in the UK. Six months. First of all frantic search to find anybody with basic grasp of electronics costing less than £10k. Then several really poor…See More
Aug 19, 2010
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Myke Beasley commented on Innovation Index Admin's blog post Investment in Intangible Assets - new survey findings published
"Great explanations and you really state profoundly how the intangible assets be measured and the data I gathered from it shall be extended and being applied at internet T1 business model."
Aug 11, 2010
A blog post by Innovation Index Admin was featured

Investment in Intangible Assets - new survey findings published

NESTA’s Innovation Index provides a more accurate measure of the investment in innovation in the UK. However, there were gaps in the available data. This report presents the innovative new survey we commissioned alongside the Office for National Statistics and Imperial College to address the gaps in key areas of innovation data.The Investment in Intangible Asset survey explicitly measures the level of expenditures, external and internal, that UK businesses commit to intangible assets. While…See More
Jul 15, 2010
1 Comment
Richard Ferrers posted a blog post

Wikipedia on Innovation, NESTA Innov Index included

I updated the Wikipedia page on Innovation to include the pilot NESTA Innovation metric. I encourage other NESTA/InnovIndex contributors to share your innovation knowledge, by updating missing important innovation issues on Wikipedia.
Jul 13, 2010
1 Comment
A blog post by Richard Ferrers was featured

Wikipedia on Innovation, NESTA Innov Index included

I updated the Wikipedia page on Innovation to include the pilot NESTA Innovation metric. I encourage other NESTA/InnovIndex contributors to share your innovation knowledge, by updating missing important innovation issues on Wikipedia.
Jul 13, 2010
1 Comment

Blog Posts

Obama's 2011 State of the Union addresses innovation.

Posted by Richard Ferrers on January 31, 2011 at 6:59 — 6 Comments

Innovation Index - now official

Posted by Innovation Index Admin on January 26, 2011 at 11:04 — 1 Comment

Investment in Intangible Assets - new survey findings published

Posted by Innovation Index Admin on July 19, 2010 at 10:08 — 1 Comment

Wikipedia on Innovation, NESTA Innov Index included

Posted by Richard Ferrers on July 13, 2010 at 2:57 — 1 Comment

Education leadership in touch times

Posted by Kate McKenzie on July 1, 2010 at 13:38 — 3 Comments

 
 
 

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Useful links

NESTA Policy & Research Unit
BIS
HM Treasury
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
OECD Science, Technology and Industry
European Commission - PRO INNO Europe
Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
Design Council
Universities UK
The Royal Society
AIM Research
Innovation Unit
The Young Foundation
Business Week innovation metrics

Events

Other Innovation Indicators

OECD Measuring Innovation a new perspective
UK Innovation Survey
UK R&D Scoreboard
European Innovation Scoreboard
EU R&D Investment Scoreboard
Eurostat - Science and Technology Statistics
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard
US Advisory Committee on Innovation Measurement
FORA InnovationMonitor
IBM Innovation Index of Australian Industry
Index of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy
BusinessWeek World's 50 Most Innovative Companies
World Business/INSEAD Global Innovation Index (Methodology)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Innovation Ranking

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