Aineiston nimi

Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Firms

Aineistonumero

FSD2488

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2488

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey is part of the larger INNOEVAL survey evaluating the Finnish National Innovation System from several angles. In this study, the opinions of Finnish firms on the Finnish National Innovation System were queried.

First, the respondents were not only asked to rate the current Finnish National Innovation System (NIS), but also the NIS as it was five years ago, and the NIS as it is expected to be after five years. Their views were probed on the role of public sector actors in the Finnish NIS from the point of view of their own firms. In addition, they indicated the importance of various actors (e.g. Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation), Sitra (the Finnish Innovation Fund), the Academy of Finland) for their firms. The respondents were also asked to evaluate the orientation of the current Finnish innovation policy on a scale from "strong technology push" to "strong demand pull". Next, they indicated whether universities, polytechnics and public research organisations have successfully taken care of various tasks, such as international top-class research, research for the national needs, and the production of experts for the international business activities as well as for the needs of local business activities.

Views were charted on the innovation system's ability to support growth entrepreneurship. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they experienced that the NIS also promotes regional policy agendas, and whether the national innovation policy is equally effective in all regions of Finland. The respondents were asked about the importance of national and international networks on the activities of their own organisations, and they were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on the impact of the new Universities Act, the centres of strategic excellence (SHOKs), and the potential reform of publicly funded research organisations on the NIS.

The primary source of earnings for the respondents' companies was charted, as well as the companies' primary position in the distribution chain. The respondents evaluated the importance of various aspects, such as a generally positive attitude towards risk taking in society and a motivating company and capital taxation scheme, from the perspective of their operations. In addition, they characterised the innovation system against the backdrop of facilitating private business and innovation activities, and gave their opinions on how efficient they considered tax incentives regarding earnings and profit sharing in increasing the number of growth companies. The respondents were also asked about whether their companies had engaged in innovation activities in the last three years, how important they considered various domestic and foreign factors from the perspective of their companies' innovation activities, and what kind of role end users had in their innovation activities. Finally, the respondents were asked whether any of their companies' investment, R&D, or any other type of projects had been deferred or cancelled due to the global financial crisis.

Asiasanat

businesses; innovation activities; innovation policy; networks; organizations

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Business/industrial management and organisation (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Tuottajat

• Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Ajallinen kattavuus

2009

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2009-03-18 – 2009-05-06

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Event/Process/Activity

Organization/Institution

Perusjoukko/otos

Firms with at least 5 employees and the net sales of 0.1 million euros, and whose legal form was a limited company, limited partnership, or general partnership.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Stratified

The 50 strata in the sample were determined by the industry, location, and size of firms. The sample was determined in association with Statistic Finland's Register of Enterprises and Establishments, which has the statutory duty to maintain a complete and continuous record of all businesses in the country. Altogether 8,747 questionnaires were sent, and 1,026 of them were returned.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

11.7

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

96 muuttujaa ja 1026 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD2489 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Public Actors

FSD2490 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Intermediaries

FSD2491 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Research Organisations

FSD2492 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: University Departments

FSD2493 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Rectors

FSD2494 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Foundations

FSD2495 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Associations

FSD2496 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Municipalities

FSD2497 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Venture Capitalists

FSD2498 Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Banks

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Weighting should be used in analysing the data, if the survey responses are to be used in calculating parameters describing the whole target population. The weight variables needed have been added to the data. Besides the proper weight variable paino, the data also contain variables primarily defined for the Stata statistical software. In addition to the questionnaire variables, an external variable tausta (formed on the basis of the size and innovativeness of company) has been added to the data. Companies were considered innovative, if they had performed innovation activities during the last three years.

Painokertoimet

Weighting should be used in analysing the data. Besides the proper weight variable paino, the data include three variables (strata, psuid, and strata_nh) which are meant to be used with the survey commands (svy) of the Stata statistical software. The strata were formed by combining the industrial classification, geographic location, and size classification. The classifications are: Standard Industrial Classification (TOL 2002 codes) 1) Industry high technology (24, 29, 30-34, 352, 353), 2) Industry low technology (15-23, 25-28, 35 excl. 352-353, 36-37), 3) Knowledge-intensive service activities (KISA) (61, 62, 64-67, 72, 742-743), 4) Other services (50-99, excl. industries in group 3), 5) Other industries (1-14, 40-41, 45). The industry classification is based on the classification used by the OECD and Statistics Finland, and the source for the KISA industries was the classification used in the innovation research of Statistics Finland. Geographical location: 1) Capital area (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen), and otherwise provincial classification 2) Other Southern Finland, 3) Western Finland, 4) Eastern Finland, 5) Oulu and Lapland. Size classification: 1) Firms with less than 50 employees, 2) Firms with at least 50 employees. The paino variable has been calculated by each stratum as the quotient of the sum of target population and respondents. Prior to the statistical analysis of the company data, the following Stata command is recommended in order to capture the sampling design and associated weights (see Stata survey manual for details): svyset psuid [pw=paino], strata(strata) fpc(strata_nh) singleunit(scaled). Stata survey commands (svy) are recommended for the analysis following the svyset statement.

Viittausvaatimus

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Malliviittaus

Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA): Evaluation of Finnish National Innovation System 2009: Firms [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2488

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Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Kotiranta, Annu & Nikulainen, Tuomo & Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi & Deschryvere, Matthias & Pajarinen, Mika (2009). Evaluating National Innovation Systems - Key Insights from the Finnish INNOEVAL Survey [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki : Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos. Saatavissa http://www.tem.fi/files/24936/ETLA_DP_1196.pdf [viitattu 28.01.2010].

Julkaisut aineistosta

Veugelers, Reinhilde & Aiginger, Karl & Breznitz, Dan & Edquist, Charles & Murray, Gordon & Ottaviano, Gianmarco & Hyytinen, Ari & Kangasharju, Aki & Ketokivi, Mikko & Luukkonen, Terttu & Maliranta, Mika & Maula, Markku & Okko, Paavo & Rouvinen, Petri & Sotarauta, Markku & Tanayama, Tanja & Toivanen, Otto & Ylä-Anttila, Pekka (2009a). Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System - Full Report. Helsinki: Taloustieto Oy. Saatavissa: http://www.tem.fi/files/24929/InnoEvalFi_FULL_Report_28_Oct_2009.pdf [viitattu 10.02.2010]

Veugelers, Reinhilde & Aiginger, Karl & Breznitz, Dan & Edquist, Charles & Murray, Gordon & Ottaviano, Gianmarco & Hyytinen, Ari & Kangasharju, Aki & Ketokivi, Mikko & Luukkonen, Terttu & Maliranta, Mika & Maula, Markku & Okko, Paavo & Rouvinen, Petri & Sotarauta, Markku & Tanayama, Tanja & Toivanen, Otto & Ylä-Anttila, Pekka (2009b): Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System - Policy Report. Helsinki: Taloustieto Oy. Saatavissa: http://www.tem.fi/files/24928/InnoEvalFi_POLICY_Report_28_Oct_2009.pdf [viitattu 10.02.2010]

Kotiranta, Annu & Nikulainen, Tuomo & Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi & Deschryvere, Matthias & Pajarinen, Mika (2009). Evaluating National Innovation Systems - Key Insights from the Finnish INNOEVAL Survey [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos. Saatavissa http://www.tem.fi/files/24936/ETLA_DP_1196.pdf [viitattu 28.01.2010].