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Design of theoretical and methodological approaches to analyze innovation activity of innovation process actors

The ‘Innovation Activities of the Innovation Process Actors Monitoring’ project is implemented by the HSE ISSEK as a part of HSE Basic Research Programme. It has been running since 2009 and aims to develop empirical studies in the innovation sphere and activities (strategies, models of behaviour) of various subjects connected to the innovation process.

In 2016 the latest round of surveys among innovative industrial and service companies was carried out, and in 2015 it was extended to those research organizations, which focus on science & technology results and new technologies.

At each stage of the monitoring’s implementation, serious work is done to update the tools for surveys among innovative actors, as well as the range of new research tasks; to improve the analytical tools on the basis of studying similar international developments and contacts with international colleagues. (And primarily, we mean the long-running European project – the European Manufacturing Survey (EMS), and contacts with colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany.) This allows us to carry out comparative studies and use generalized data.

The main area of work on each of the surveys (manufacturing or research organizations) is to develop approaches to the analysis and systematization of the received empirical results, and to generalize them in a dynamic perspective. For example, when we studied research organizations as the participants of innovation processes, we focused on the bilateral character of this participation (creating products and services vs. creating knowledge as a product), and the importance of the creative element. As a result, we more specifically outlined models of research organizations’ activities in the innovation sphere; we were able to classify and systematize those factors which influence the choice of behaviour models by research bodies.

We carried out special studies aimed at grouping the detected specific characteristics of research organizations in order to include them in a comparative analysis. This allows us to study problems and processes which are mutual for the spheres of science and the real economy sector in the chain of knowledge creation, transfer and industrial implementation (their ‘intersection point’). In particular, we looked at forming joint strategies (models of behaviour) in creating, transferring and implementing S&T results, taking into account the influence both from research organizations and industrial companies.

The results we obtained were included in the following publications:


 

Population’s Perception of Interaction with Robots

HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge presents the results of the population survey of perception of interacting with robots.

Cooperation between Science and Industry

The HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge analyses the dynamics and rate of industrial companies’ cooperation with R&D organisations.

Digital Outlook of Russian Scientists

Experts at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge found out to what extent modern digital technologies have taken over the activities of Russian PhD holders.

Innovation Activities in KIBS Firms: International Comparison

The HSE ISSEK experts compared data about the application of technological, marketing, and organisational innovations by the Russian knowledge-intensive business services sector (KIBS) companies with relevant figures for European countries such as the UK, Germany, Denmark, Malta, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The results are presented in the latest newsletter in the "Science, Technology, and Innovation" series.

E-commerce in Russia

The latest HSE ISSEK bulletin in the “Science, Technology, and Innovation” series presents data about use of e-commerce by Russian individuals and enterprises. Almost every fourth Russian (23%) ordered goods or services via the internet in 2016. 12% of the business sector enterprises used the net to sell their products and services in 2015, and 17% made electronic purchases.