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Do long and short innovation survey forms yield comparable results?

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  • Machteld Hoskens
  • Koenraad Debackere

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Given the importance of innovation for economic growth, many countries conduct innovation surveys. International guidelines for such measurement have been established (OECD/Eurostat, 2018). The European Commission has made the measurement of innovation mandatory for EU member states. Many differences remain, however, between countries in the practical implementation of measuring innovation at the firm level, which complicates cross-country comparability. We conducted a randomized experiment in which we randomly assigned enterprises a long or a short form for measuring their innovation activities. We found clear differences between the two types of forms. We discuss implications of this work and put this in the broader perspective of other work done investigating questionnaire design issues in innovation surveys.

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  • Machteld Hoskens & Koenraad Debackere, 2024. "Do long and short innovation survey forms yield comparable results?," Working Papers of Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven 747238, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:msiper:747238
    Note: paper number MSI_2407
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    questionnaire design; innovation survey; randomized experiment; questionnaire length; shortened survey form; nonresponse survey;
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