Community innovation survey 2010
CIS 2010
CIS 2010
Documentation on methodology
The aim of CIS 2010 is to understand the mechanisms that explain in which area an enterprise it innovative. It is governed by a European framework and covers active, market and agricultural enterprises with 10 or more employees.
The European regulation stipulates that data should be provided according to indicators
based on the following 9 main themes:
1 - enterprises with innovation activity
2 - enterprises that have introduced a new product on the market
3 - turnover related to new products on the market
4 - turnover related to innovative products but which already existed on the market
5 - cooperation with other enterprises for innovation activities
6 - innovation expenditure
7 - very important effects of innovation
8 - very important information sources
9 - hampering factors Eurostat drew up a list of tables where information on all these
indicators could be entered and a series of additional elements.
The regulation stipulates that information should be provided at several sector levels, up to division level (2 digits in NACE), several size classes (10-49, 20-49, 50-249, 250 and more) and regional level for SMEs (defined as enterprises of 10 to 249 employees).