Innovation survey 

CIS

The original objectives of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) are to measure the economic weight of innovation in France, by providing quantitative information on:

• the frequency of innovation by nature (in number of companies, by sector, by number of employees);

• the amount of innovation expenditure (Research and development - R&D, acquisition of equipment or knowledge);

• the turnover resulting from innovation.

It also sheds light on specific aspects of the innovation process (innovation activities carried out, existence of cooperation (public, private, etc.), source of funding for innovation).

Conducted in all European countries and based on internationally harmonized definitions, this survey allows comparisons and an economic analysis of innovation that can help guide innovation policy.

The first edition of the survey took place in 1993. The survey was carried out every 4 years until 2005, then every 2 years since 2007, among enterprises with 10 or more employees.

During the first editions, the survey focused solely on product and process innovations in the field of industrial companies.

In 2001, the scope of the survey was extended to trade and service enterprises.

It was reduced in 2011 and in 2013, to be limited to the mandatory sectoral scope of the European Regulation (sections B-E, G46, H,J,K and M71-M73 of Nace rev.2), this allowed a positive response to scope extensions in some regions in order to produce localized results. Since 2014, the scope has been extended once again to allow temporal comparisons.

In 2005, the survey was extended to include the concepts of organizational innovation and marketing. From 2009 onwards, additional modules have been added, varying from one edition to the next. For example, the survey includes a module on environmental benefits in 2008, 2014 and since 2020, a module on the impact of the health crisis in 2022 and a module on artificial intelligence in 2024.

In order to improve the measurement of innovation, better meet user expectations and comply with the recommendations of the latest edition of the Oslo Manual, the survey questionnaire was extensively renovated in 2018. This overhaul focused on the very concepts of innovation, which modified the scope covered by the various questions, as well as on the structure of the questionnaire, the wording of the questions and the answers proposed. Since this overhaul, innovation has been divided into two subsets: product innovations and process innovations. Organizational and marketing innovations are included in process innovations, with the exception of design innovations, which are included in product innovations.

To comply with Eurostat's dissemination requirements, since 2020 the survey's statistical unit has been the enterprise in the economic sense (independent legal unit or profiled company).

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