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Community Innovation Survey – Africa
Innovative Performances of African Firms (Survey)
This form helps to discern the performances of African firms based primarily on their innovation and knowledge. Innovation is defined as the introduction of a new or significantly improved product, process, organisational method, or marketing method by an enterprise.
Step 1 of 14 - About Your Business
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Name of Business
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Business Address
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Street Address
Address Line 2
City
County / State / Region
ZIP / Postal Code
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
North Korea
South Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sudan, South
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Country
Main Business Activity
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Is your enterprise part of an enterprise group?
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A group consists of two or more legally defined enterprises under common ownership.
Yes
No
In the past three years, has your business...
Merged or taken over another enterprise, or a part of another enterprise
Sold, closed or sub-contracted any function of your enterprise
Which geographic markets does your enterprise serve?
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Local or regional
National
Continentally across Africa
Worldwide
In the past three years, did your enterprise introduce...
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Goods innovations (new or significantly improved goods)
Service innovations (new or significantly improved services)
Both goods and service innovations
Neither goods nor service innovations
Who developed the goods innovations?
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Your enterprise by itself
Your enterprise together with other enterprises or organisations
Your enterprise by adapting or modifying goods or services originally developed by other enterprises or organisations
Other enterprises or organisations
Who developed the service innovations?
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Your enterprise by itself
Your enterprise together with other enterprises or organisations
Your enterprise by adapting or modifying goods or services originally developed by other enterprises or organisations
Other enterprises or organisations
Were any of your product innovations (goods or services)...
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New to your market
Only new to your enterprise
In the last three years, what percentage of your total turnover do you estimate came from innovations that were new to your market?
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In the last three years, what percentage of your total turnover do you estimate came from innovations that were new to your enterprise?
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In the last three years, what percentage of your total turnover do you estimate came from unchanged or only marginally modified goods and services?
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Were any of your product innovations...
A first in your country
A first in your continent
A world first
What percent of your total turnover in the last three years was from world first product innovations?
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0% to less than 1%
1% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 25%
25% or more
During the past three years, did your enterprise introduce...
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New or significantly improved methods of manufacturing for producing goods or services
New or significantly improved logistics, delivery or distribution methods for your inputs, goods or services
New or significantly improved supporting activities for your processes, such as maintenance systems or operations for purchasing, accounting, or computing
None of the above
Who developed these process innovations?
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Your enterprise by itself
Your enterprise together with other enterprises or organisations
Your enterprise by adapting or modifying processes originally developed by other enterprises or organisations
Other enterprises or organisations
Were any of your process innovations new to your market?
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Yes
No
Don't know
During the past three years, did your business have any innovation activities that did not result in a change because they...
Were abandoned
Are still ongoing
Were not started
During the past three years, did your business engage in the following innovation activities?
Continuous in-house R&D (you have an R&D department)
Occasional In-house R&D (only used as needed)
External R&D
Acquisition of machinery, equipment, software and buildings
Acquisition of existing knowledge from other businesses or organisations
Training for innovative activities
Market introduction of innovations
Product or service design
Other innovations
In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on in-house R&D?
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In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on external R&D?
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In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on acquisition of machinery, equipment, software & buildings?
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In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on acquisition of existing knowledge from other enterprises or organisations?
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In the past three years, how much did your enterprise spend on design, training, marketing, and other relevant activities?
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In total your business invested how much on development?
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During the past three years, did your enterprise receive any public financial support for innovation activities from the following levels of government?
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Local or regional authorities
Central government (including central government agencies or ministries)
A continental body
I did not receive any government support
During the past three years, has your business co-operated on any innovations with other organisations?
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Yes
No
Have these innovations required co-operation with...
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Other enterprises within your enterprise group
Suppliers of equipment, materials, components, or software
Clients or customers from the private sector
Clients or customers from the public sector
Competitors or other enterprises in your sector
Consultants or commercial labs
niversities or other higher education institutes
Government, public or private research institutes
Please indicate the location of your innovation partners.
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Your own country
Another African nation
Europe
United States
China or India
All other countries
Which type of co-operation partner was the most valuable for your enterprise's innovation activities?
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Other enterprises within your enterprise group
Other enterprises within your enterprise group
Clients or customers from the private sector
Clients or customers from the public sector
Competitors or other enterprises in your sector
Consultants or commercial labs
Universities or other higher education institutes
Government, public or private research institutes
During the last three years, did your enterprise introduce...
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New business practices for organising procedures, such as first time use of supply chain management, business re-engineering, knowledge management, lean production, quality management, etc
New methods of organising work responsibilities and decision making, such as first time use of a new system of employee responsibilities, team work, decentralisation, integration or de-integration of departments, education/training systems, etc
New methods of organising external relations with other enterprises or public organisations, such as first time use of alliances, partnerships, outsourcing or sub-contracting, etc
None of the above
During the last three years, did your enterprise introduce...
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Significant changes to the aesthetic design or packaging of a good or service
New media or techniques for product promotion
New methods for product placement or sales channels
New methods of pricing goods or services
None of the above
During the last three years, did your business have any contracts to provide goods or services for...
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Domestic public sector organisations
Foreign public sector organisations
Neither of the above
Did your business undertake any innovation activities as part of a contract to provide goods or services to a public sector organisation?
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Specifically required innovation as part of the contract
No requirement for innovation as part of the contract
During the last three years, did your business...
Apply for a patent
Apply for a utility model
Register an industrial design right
Register a trademark
During the last three years, did your business...
License out or sell a patent, industrial design right, copyright or trademark to another enterprise, university or research institute
License in or buy a patent, industrial design right, copyright or trademark owned by another enterprise, university or research institute
Which of the following best describes why your business had no innovation activities during past the three years?
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No compelling reason to innovate
Considered innovating, but barriers to innovation too large
Did any of the following reasons factor into your decision not to innovate over the past three years?
Low demand for innovations in your market
No need to innovate due to previous innovations
No need to innovate due to very little competition in your market
Lack of good ideas for innovations
Did any of the following barriers to innovation factor into your decision not to innovate over the past three years?
Lack of internal finance for innovation
Lack of credit or private equity
Lack of skilled employees within your enterprise
Difficulties in obtaining government grants or subsidies for innovation
Lack of collaboration partners
Uncertain market demand for your ideas for innovations
Too much competition in your market
During the past three years, did your business introduce a product (good or service), process, organisational or marketing innovation with environmental benefits?
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Yes
No
During the past three years, did your business introduce a product (good or service), process, organisational or marketing innovation with any of the following environmental benefits?
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Reduced material or water use per unit of output
Reduced energy use or CO2 "footprint" of your business
Reduced air, water, noise or soil pollution by your business
Replaced a share of materials with less polluting or hazardous substitutes
Replaced a share of fossil energy with renewable energy sources
Recycled waste, water, or materials for own use or sale
Reduced energy use or CO2 "footprint" of the end user
Reduced air, water, noise or soil pollution by the end user
Facilitated recycling of product after use
Extended product life through longer-lasting, more durable products
Other
Were these environmental benefits due to...
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Product (goods or services) innovations
Process innovations
Organisational innovations
Marketing innovations
Other
Were any of the following factors important in driving your decisions to introduce innovations with environmental benefits?
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Existing environmental regulations
Existing environmental taxes, charges or fees
Environmental regulations or taxes expected in the future
Government grants, subsidies or other financial incentives for environmental innovations
Current or expected market demand for environmental innovations
Improving your business' reputation
Voluntary actions or initiatives for environmental good practice within your sector
High cost of energy, water or materials
Need to meet requirements for public procurement contracts
Does your business have procedures in place to regularly identify and reduce your environmental impacts?
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Yes
No
When were these procedures implemented?
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Some or all procedures were implemented over three years ago
Some or all procedures were implemented or significantly changed within the last three years
What was your total business turnover for the previous three years?
What percentage of your total turnover from sales was from clients outside of your country?
Please enter a value between
0
and
100
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What was the average number of employees for your business in the past three years?
Approximately what percentage of your employees have a tertiary degree?
0%
1% to less than 5%
5% to less than 10%
10% to less than 25%
25% to less than 50%
50% to less than 75%
75% or more
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