Regional Innovation Indicators

METROPOLIS Thematic GroupHelsinki

25-26 April 2003

The Madrid Experience

Regional Innovation Indicators

• Innovation Indicator Models Utilised in CM

Presentation Topics

• Regional Innovation Indicator Activities of CM

• Innovation Indicator Disadvantages

• How to Cope with Disadvantages

• Website References

Regional Innovation Indicators

PAXIS EC Model (since 1999)• Geographic area• Total population• Number of cities with 200.000 inhabitants or

more• Total active population• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)• GDP per capita active population• GDP per capita ratio area/national• Gross fixed capital formation• Labour productivity• Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD)• GERD ratio area/national• Business Enterprise Expenditure on R&D• Total R&D personnel/1.000 active workers• Business Enterprise R&D personnel• Government R&D personnel• Higher Education R&D personnel

• Total # of Scientist and Engineers/1000 economically active

• Number of scientific publications• Workers in most R&D intensive industry sectors• Number of EPO patents• Number of EPO patents per million of active

workers• EPO patents ratio area/national• Infrastructures (higher education centres, R&D

institutes, science parks, incubators, etc)• Legal/administrative measures (education,

training for labour workers, entrepreneurship, mobility for researchers, etc)

• Regional/local financing (public provision of VC, private VC firms, etc

• Demonstrable results (innovative SME recently created, etc)

• Other relevant elements and measures

Regional Innovation Indicators

RI Scoreboard (EC Model)• Global “benchmarking" tool• Used to compare EC countries/regions

Encuesta Nacional de Innovación (National Innovation Survey –National Model)• Local “benchmarking" instrument• Used to analyse Spanish regions

Limited, yet powerful, experience 2 studies reported 4-year span

Regional Innovation Indicators

madri+d Model• Science and Technology (ST) Indicators

Scientific Production Indicators Analyse and pursue ST production of CM

R&D statistics (February 2001)

Regional Innovation System Indicators

Intellectual Capital Programme

Accounts of industrial sector (March 2001) Technological capital stock estimation (March 2001)

Measure IC in universities, RTO, etc

Regional Innovation Indicators

All Models• Difficulties in defining/filling out “good” indicators

Mainly related to NTBF Economic impact

Survival rate (after 3, 4, 5, n-years)

More than 250.000 firms Chamber of Commerce

Inaccurate data for practical purposes

More than 95% have less than 2 employees

Regional Innovation Indicators

Regional Indicator Activities

• Horizontal Basis IE of CM (“Institute of Statistics”)

INE (“National Institute of Statistics”)

Full link & exploitation of INE results Direct data source access

Under specific agreement w/ INE

Aggregate versus disaggregate data

Regional Innovation Indicators

• Vertical Basis Many different city councils (179)

Not always “linked” to statistics of CM

Entrepreneurial profiles in ≠ universities

Environmental needs in 5 ≠ industrial parks

FMM (“Federation of City Councils of Madrid”)

Areas susceptible to investment

Regional Indicator Activities

Regional Innovation Indicators

Regional Indicator Activities• Tailored EFQM Instrument

Periodic survey of entrepreneurial activities

• Many others Supported by public & private organisations

Risk capital reports (AFM- Financial Agency of Madrid)

Business Structure & Activities of Madrid (Regional Employment and Economy Ministry -REEM)

The Economy of Madrid I/O Model (‘96, 2000 /REEM)

Innovation “Green Book” (2003, COTEC)

Regional Innovation Indicators

Main Disadvantages w/ Innovation Indicators

• Time ScopeAvailability of R&D results

2 years after project completion

Economic impact can not be easily observed

• Compilation Methodology/Source/Accuracy How, where, what, when...

Regional Innovation Indicators

How to Cope with Disadvantages

Common tools

• Enlarged EU dimension

EU Innovation Scoreboard Regional Innovation Scoreboard

Adequate to a more global framework Taking into account EUROSTAT

Looking at OECD stats

Keeping an eye on UN stats

Future development

• Keep a historical series going Continuity in actions (EU/National/Regional)

Regional Innovation Indicators

• http://www.madrimasd.org/ingles/indicators/default.asp• http://www.madrimasd.org/ingles/indicators/innovation/default.asp• http://www.madrimasd.org/indicadores/intelectual/indice/default.asp• http://www8.madrid.org/iestadis/• http://www.ine.es/• http://trendchart.cordis.lu/• http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-catalogue/

EN?catalogue=Eurostat• http://www.oecd.org/EN/statistics/0,,EN-statistics-0-nodirectorate-no-

no-no-0,00.html• http://unstats.un.org/unsd/

Website References