A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 2 Questionnaire
From: Firm performance over innovation cycle: evidence from a small European economy
Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|
Set 1: Please identify key problems with initial internal resources. innovation capabilities, and market environment | ||
Competent personnel | 1.95 | 1.33 |
Financial resources for research/innovation | 2.43 | 1.67 |
Demand for research results | 1.74 | 1.17 |
Modern technological equipment | 2.38 | 1.49 |
IPR | 1.83 | 1.19 |
Cooperation with other firms/institutions when doing R&D&I | 1.91 | 1.22 |
Competition in our business field | 2.69 | 1.57 |
Interest of foreign partners in cooperation with our firm | 2.24 | 1.40 |
Set 2: Resource improvement: please indicate the highest benefits generated by the support | ||
New/innovative products/services and improving competitiveness | 4.31 | 1.11 |
We have cut costs via energy and material savings | 3.58 | 1.52 |
The project enabled higher investment in applied research in the future | 2.35 | 1.46 |
We registered IPR and derived income from these | 1.51 | 1.08 |
We have modern technological equipment now | 4.35 | 1.15 |
We improved cooperation with partners from public and private sectors | 3.55 | 1.38 |
We are cooperating more than before with partners from abroad | 2.91 | 1.38 |
Certifications and accreditations of products/services increased our revenue | 2.38 | 1.50 |
Professional capabilities of our employees increased | 3.92 | 1.28 |
Set 3: Future priorities: please tell us which targets should be prioritised in the next 5 years in your firm | ||
Improving professional capabilities of our researchers | 2.65 | 1.70 |
Developing new market-oriented products and services | 4.28 | 1.24 |
Improving technological equipment for R&D&I | 3.07 | 1.70 |
Increasing the share of R&D&I-related income out of total income | 2.51 | 1.65 |
Increasing R&D&I spending to increase the competitiveness of our firm | 2.83 | 1.62 |
Improving cooperation with domestic firms/institutions in R&D&I | 2.91 | 1.51 |
Participating in international networks of cooperation in R&D&I | 2.40 | 1.53 |
Putting more effort into the registration of IPR | 2.29 | 1.38 |
Investing in marketing to promote innovative products and services | 4.15 | 1.11 |
Seeking new market opportunities, competing with innovative products/services | 4.45 | 1.07 |