Community Innovation Survey (CIS)

Overview

In the European Union, innovation surveys have been conducted on a regular since 1993 based on a harmonised methodology. These surveys are called the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS).

CIS results for Germany by industries

From the outset, the ZEW Innovation Survey has formed the German contribution to the CIS. CIS were conducted in 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005, and every second year since then.

Tabulated results of the CIS for Germany by industries are available as xls from here up to the CIS 2016. For results of more recent CIS, please consult the Eurostat database under → Science, technology, digital society → Science and technology → Community innovation survey.

CIS results for Germany by industries

The tables contain absolute values and indicators on the following items:

  • Number of enterprises, turnover and employees by innovative and non-innovative enterprises
  • Introduction of new products and processes
  • Developers of innovations (own enterprises, other enterprises and institutions)
  • Sales with new products by degree of novelty
  • Type of innovation activity
  • Expenditure for innovation activities
  • Financial public support to innovation activities
  • Information sources used for innovation activities
  • Cooperation in innovation projects by type of cooperation partner
  • Objectives of innovation activities
  • Effects of innovations
  • Hampering factors for innovation
  • Reasons for not innovating
  • Use of protection methods for intellectual property
  • Introduction of organisational and marketing innovations, objectives and effects of these innovations
  • Introduction of environmental innovations, factors triggering these innovations
  • Introduction of logistics innovations

Please note that not all indicators are available for all survey years.

CIS results for Germany deviate from those reported in the Key Figures and Background Reports as well as from Sector Reports since CIS results following methodological recommendations of Eurostat refer to enterprises with at least 10 employees only (whereas all other reports refer to enterprises with at least 5 employees). In addition, the CIS results cover a smaller set of service sectors (only wholesale trade, transportation and postal services, financial intermediation, computing and telecommunication, engineering services).