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The Irish Innovation Panel
Here we provide an overview of
the development and use of the Irish Innovation Panel dataset. An initial Data Overview is followed by links to the key Survey Reports. A listing of publications and projects
based on the Irish Innovation Panel is also included.
Data Overview
To date the Irish Innovation
Panel (IIP) comprises five linked surveys each covering firms’ innovation
activities over a three-year period. These have been designed to provide
sector-by-sector results and to reflect the innovation activities of smaller
firms in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Details of the IIP surveys are given in the Table below.
A key feature of the IIP has
been a high overall response rate and a consistent attempt to build a
longitudinal dataset which allows long-term analysis of firms’ innovation
activity. This latter property has meant that the IIP has begun to attract
increasing interest from the research community with benefits for our
understanding of innovation behaviour in Ireland
and Northern Ireland.
We are keen to encourage use of the data and welcome interest in developing
collaborative research agendas.
Overview of IIP Surveys
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Survey Title
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Data Period
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Survey
Date
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Responses (Rate %)
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Sampling
Frame (NI)
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Areas
Covered
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Product
Development Survey
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1991-1993
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1994-1995
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NI:
374 (46.8)
Ireland:548 (33.9)
Overall
922 (38.2)
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NI:
British
Telecomm
Ireland: Forfas
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UK, Germany,
Ireland
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Product
and Process Development Survey
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1993-1996
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1996-
1997
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NI:
293 (43.1)
Ireland: 459 (28.6)
Overall
752 (32.9)
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NI:
British
Telecomm
Ireland: Forfas
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NI
Ireland
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Product
and Process Development Survey 3
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1996-1999
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1999-2000
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NI:
446 (40.9)
Ireland: 731 (29.4)
Overall:
1177 (32.9)
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NI:
IDBR
Ireland: Forfas
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NI
Ireland
Scotland
South
East England
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
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Irish
Innovation Panel 4 (IIP4)
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2000-2002
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2002-2003
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Manufacturing:
NI:
443 (44.3)
Ireland: 477 (29.0)
Overall:
920 (34.1)
Services:
NI:181
(34.7)
Ireland: 294 (24.7)
Overall:
430 (27.6)
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NI:
IDBR
Ireland: Forfás,
Kompass
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NI
Ireland
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Irish
Innovation Panel (IIP5)
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2003-2005
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2006
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Manufacturing:
NI:
225 (22.7)
Ireland: 589 (32.0)
Overall:
814 (28.7)
Services:
NI:
88 (18.2)
Ireland: 354 (33.2)
Overall:
442 (28.6)
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NI:
IDBR, Fame
Ireland: Forfás,
Kompass, Fame
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NI
Ireland
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Survey Title
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Data Period
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Survey
Date
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Responses (Rate %)
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Sampling
Frame (NI)
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Areas
Covered
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Product
Development Survey
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1991-1993
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1994-1995
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NI:
374 (46.8)
Ireland:548 (33.9)
Overall
922 (38.2)
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NI:
British
Telecomm
Ireland: Forfas
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UK, Germany,
Ireland
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The IIP has been used in a number of official and
research contexts:
(a) Invest NI have used the IIP data
as part of their performance monitoring data to reflect the impact of
innovation support measures.
(b) The Economic Development Forum have used IIP data as part of their long-term target
setting for the Northern
Ireland economy.
(c) IIP data formed a key input to
the Northern Ireland
regional innovation strategy proposals formulated in Cooke et al (2002).
(d) Other agencies have taken
advantage of benchmarks developed from the IIP to contribute to the
development of regional benchmarks including SEEDA, the Scottish Executive
and more locally as part of a regional assessment of innovation capability in
Co Tyrone.
Project Reports
The IIP has been documented in a series of five research
reports – one for each survey. Full text versions of these reports are
available below.
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Roper, S and Hewitt-Dundas, N
Irish Innovation Panel – Wave 5 Survey Report
(June 2006)
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Full Text
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Roper S, Hewitt-Dundas N & Savage
M Innovation, Best Practice
Adoption and Innovation Networks - A Comparison of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
(December 2003)
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Full Text
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Roper S, Anderson
Julie
Innovation and E-Commerce: A
Cross-Border Comparison of Irish Manufacturing Plants (June 2000)
ISBN 1871753368
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Full Text
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Roper S, Hewitt-Dundas N
Innovation, Networks and the
Diffusion of Manufacturing Best Practice. A Comparison of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (April 1998)
ISBN 1 871753295
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Full Text
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Roper,
S Ashcroft B, Love J H, Dunlop S, Hofmann H,
Vogler-Ludwig K
Product
Innovation and Development in the UK, German and Irish Firms
NIERC and Fraser of Allander, Belfast (1996) ISBN 1871753244
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Full
Text
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Research Papers
The IIP data has also been used as the basis for sixteen
academic papers in refereed journals together with at least 12 other articles
and reports which have contributed to our understanding of innovation in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The most recent
write up of data from the Irish Innovation Panel is here:
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Hewitt-Dundas,
N and Roper, S (2008) ‘Ireland’s
Innovation Performance: 1991-2005’, Quarterly
Economic Commentary, Summer 2008, 46-68, ESRI, Dublin.
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Full Text
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Other material is as follows:
1.
Papers in Refereed Journals
Roper, S and Hewitt-Dundas, N
(2008) ‘Innovation Persistence: Survey and Case-Study Evidence’, Research
Policy, forthcoming
Du,
Jun Love, J H and Roper, S (2007)
‘The Innovation Decision’, Technovation,
27, 12, 744-765.
Roper, S and
Love, J H Añon-Hígon, D (2006) ‘The
Determinants of Export Performance: Evidence for Manufacturing Plants in
Ireland and
Northern Ireland’ Scottish Journal of Political Economy,
53, 5, 586-615.
Jin, Z, Hewitt-Dundas, N and Thompson, N, (2004),
Innovativeness and Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Sectors, Journal of Strategic Marketing, No.
12, pp. 255-266
Hewitt-Dundas, N (2004) ‘The Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology and Innovation Strategy in Small Firms, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management,
Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.17-36
Love, J H and Roper, S (2005) ‘Economists’ Perceptions
versus Managers’ Decisions: An Experiment in Transaction Cost Analysis’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29, 1, 19-36.
Love, J H and Roper, S (2004) 'The
Organisation of Innovation: Collaboration, Co-operation and Multifunctional
Groups in UK and German
Manufacturing', Cambridge Journal of Economics, 28, 379-395.
Shefer, D Frenkel, A and Roper, S
(2003) ‘Public Policy, Locational Choice and the Innovation Capability of
High Tech Firms: A Comparison Between Israel
and Ireland’,
Papers in Regional Science, 82, 2, 203-221.
Cooke, P Roper, S and Wylie, P (2003) 'The Golden Thread of
Innovation and Northern
Ireland's Evolving Regional Innovation
System', Regional Studies, 37, 4,
365-380.
Smallbone, D North, S, Roper, S & Vickers, I (2003)
'Innovation and the use of technology in manufacturing plants and SMEs: an
inter-regional comparison', Environment
and Planning C, 21, 37-52.
Roper, S and Love, J H (2002) ‘Innovation and Export
Performance: Evidence from UK
and German Manufacturing Plants’, Research
Policy, 31, 1087-1102.
Roper, S and Love, J H (2002) ‘Internal
versus External R&D: a Study of R&D Cost among Innovating Plants’, International Journal of the Economics of
Business, 9, 2, 239-255.
Love, J
H and Roper, S (2001) ‘Outsourcing in the Innovation Process: Locational and
Strategic Determinants’, Papers in
Regional Science, 80,
3, 317-336.
Roper, S
(2001) ‘Innovation, Networks and Plant Location; Evidence for Ireland’,
Regional Studies, 35, 3, 215-228.
Love, J
H and Roper, S (2001) ‘Networking and Innovation Success: A Comparison of UK,
German and Irish Companies’, Research
Policy, 30, 643-661.
Roper, S Love, J H, Ashcroft, B and Dunlop,
S (2000) ‘Industry and Location Effects on UK Plants’ Innovation
Propensity’, Annals of Regional Science,
34,
489-502.
Roper, S
(1999) ‘Under-Reporting of R&D in Small Firms: The Impact on
International R&D Comparisons’, Small
Business Economics, 12, 2, 131-135.
Love, J
H and Roper, S (1999) ‘R&D, Technology Transfer and Networking Effects on
Innovation Intensity’, Review of Industrial
Organisation, 15, 43-64.
Roper, S
(1998) ‘The Principles of the New Competition: An Empirical Assessment of
Ireland’s Position’, Environment and
Planning C, 16, 3, 363-372.
2. Other
Publications
Hewitt-Dundas, N. (2004) So what is stopping you?
Identifying the barriers to innovation in Irish firms, Economic Outlook and Business Review, September
Roper, S (2004) ‘Regional
Innovation Policy: An Effective Way of Reducing Spatial Disparities in Small
Nations?’ forthcoming in Felsenstein, D and Portonov,
B ‘Economic Policy in Small Economies’, Springer-Verlang.
Roper, S Hewitt-Dundas, N and J H Love (2003) ‘R&D
Centres in Less Favoured Regions - Towards An Ex Ante Impact Assessment’ in
O’Leary, E (ed.) ‘Ireland 2020’, Liffey Press,
Dublin.
Cooke, P Roper, S and Wylie, P (2001)
'Developing A Regional Innovation Strategy For Northern
Ireland', Northern
Ireland Economic Council, Belfast.
Roper, S
(2001) ‘Innovation
Policy in Israel, Ireland and the UK: Evolution and Success’ in ‘Public Investment and Regional Economic
Development’ Felsenstein, D, McCann, P McQuaid, R and Shefer,
D (eds.), Edward Elgar.
Shefer, D Frenkel, A and Roper, S
(2001) ‘Innovation
and Plants Characteristics of Hi-tech Firms in Israel
and Ireland’
in ‘Public Investment and Regional
Economic Development’ Felsenstein, D, McCann, P McQuaid, R and Shefer, D (eds.), Edward Elgar.
Roper, S
and Anderson, J (2000) ‘Innovation and E-Commerce – A Cross-Border Comparison
of Irish Manufacturing Plants’, NIERC Research Report 17.
Roper, S
(1998) ‘Innovation in Irish Manufacturing’ in ‘Competitiveness, Innovation and Regional Development in Ireland’,
McCafferty, D and Walsh, J A (Eds), Regional
Studies Association.
Roper, S
and Hewitt-Dundas, N (1998) ‘Innovation, Networks and the Diffusion of
Manufacturing Best Practice’, NIERC Research Report 14, April, NIERC, Belfast.
Roper, S
and Hewitt-Dundas, N (1998) ‘Innovation in Ireland. Lessons for Irish
Businesses’, Oaktree Press, Dublin.
Roper, S
Ashcroft, B Love, J H Dunlop, S Vogler-Ludwig, K and Hofmann, H (1996)
‘Product Innovation and Development in UK, German and Irish
Manufacturing Firms’, NIERC/Fraser of Allander Institute.
Research Projects
Twelve innovation
research projects have been based on the IIP data. This includes projects currently
being funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the Irish
Higher Education Authority. An outline list of research projects based on IIP
data is included as Annex 2.
Supermodularity and
Complementarity in the Organization of Innovation (Oct 2004 to December 2005,
Stephen Roper, J H Love, funded by ESRC).
Knowledge
Coordination, Innovation and Business Performance (October 2004 to December
2005, Stephen Roper, J H Love, funded by ESRC).
All
Island Business Model (June 2003 to June 2005 with Stephen Roper, Nola
Hewitt-Dundas, with ESRI, Dublin, J H Love (Aston), funded by
InterTradeIreland)
National Systems of Innovation
in a Globalising, Knowledge-Based Economy: A Comparative Study of Small
Developed Countries in Europe and Asia (December 2002 to December 2005, Nola
Hewitt-Dundas, Stephen Roper, Eoin O’Malley,
ESRI funded by Invest NI, InterTradeIreland
and Enterprise Ireland).
An Evaluation of the
Effectiveness of Public Support for Private Sector R&D (December 2003 to
December 2006, Nola Hewitt-Dundas in collaboration with University of Limerick,
funded by Higher Education Authority).
Innovation
Survey and Case Studies (October 2002 – June 2003, Stephen Roper, Nola
Hewitt-Dundas and Margaret Savage, funded by Invest NI).
Development
of a Performance Information Framework for Innovation for Invest Northern Ireland (May to June 2002, Stephen
Roper, Nola Hewitt-Dundas with other NIERC staff and Mark Hart, Kingston).
Assisting
Business Competitiveness - Boosting Innovation in Small Companies (November
2001 to October 2003, Nola Hewitt-Dundas
and Stephen Roper, EU Leonardo Project).
Innovation
Strategy for Northern
Ireland (October to December 2000, Philip
Cooke with Stephen Roper and Peter Wylie, funded by Northern Ireland Economic
Council).
Innovation
Audit and Formulation of Innovation Strategy for Small Firms in Co Tyrone
(January 2000 to April 2000, Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Stephen Roper, Funded by District Councils consortium ‘Into the West’, with
Initiative Economic Consultants).
County Cavan Enterprise Board – Innovation and
Technology Audit for County
Cavan, (March to July
2001, Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Stephen Roper).
Benchmark
Survey of Innovation and Best Practice Adoption in Irish Manufacturing Firms
(October 1999 to Feb 2000, Stephen Roper, Nola Hewitt-Dundas, funded by Industrial Research and
Technology Unit).
Innovation in Scottish and German Manufacturing
(September 1998-March 1999, Stephen Roper, joint project with Fraser of
Allander Institute, University of Strathclyde, funded by Scottish
Enterprise-Scottish Office).
Comparison of Innovation Policy in the UK, Israel
and Ireland
(May – August, 1998, Stephen Roper, funded by British Council-Israeli
Ministry of Science).
A Longitudinal Study of Innovation and Company
Performance (Nov 1996- date, Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Stephen Roper, funded by
Social Science Research Council of the Royal Irish Academy).
The New Competition in Ireland (June –Sept 1996, Stephen
Roper, funded by the Department of Economic Development).
Innovation, Skills and Company Competitiveness (Oct
1994 - May 1996, Stephen Roper, with staff from Fraser of Allander Institute
and the ifo-institute, Munich, funded by the EU Konver Initiative).
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