Archive for 4月, 2014

This investigation aims to clarify the content of the innovation indicators contained in The Global Innovation Index (“GII”) report drafted by INSEAD, with the aim of providing reference information for the selection of indicators to measure the state of innovation in Japan.

I have carried out an analysis from the perspective of investigating what types of innovation indicators have been used in the GII, how the selected innovation indicators have changed each year, and how Japan’s global innovation index ranking has changed in accordance with the selected indices.

The types of indicators used in GII were as follows. In the 2008-09 GII, soft data accounted for 46%, hard data accounted for 40% and index data accounted for 14%. By the time of the 2013 GII, there had been significant changes in the indicators used, and hard data had increased to 71%, soft data accounted for just 6% and index data accounted for 23%.

Japan’s ranking in the GII was 9th in the 2008-09 GII, but in the 2013 GII its ranking had fallen to 22nd. When we look at Japan’s ranking based on innovation input and innovation output, its ranking did not change significantly in terms of innovation input, but in terms of innovation output its ranking fell significantly.

Japan’s ranking in “7. Creative outputs”, which is one of the sub-categories of innovation output, fell sharply from the 2009-2010 GII to the 2011 GII, and this can be considered to have been a result of changes in the indicators used.

Analytical Report for 2013 NISTEP Expert Survey on Japanese S&T and Innovation System (2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey)

NISTEP expert survey on Japanese S&T and innovations system (NISTEP TEITEN survey) aims to track the status of S&T and innovation system in Japan through the survey to Japanese experts and researchers in universities, public research institutions, and private firms. It asks for respondents’ recognitions on the status of the S&T and innovation system, such as diversity in basic research, in Japan and usability of research funds, which is usually difficult to measure through the R&D statistics.
The NISTEP TEITEN survey is a panel survey which will be conducted annually in the duration of the fourth S&T basic plan (FY2011 – 2015). The 2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey is the third round. It was conducted from September 24, 2013 to December 24, 2013. The same questionnaire was sent to the same respondents who were selected in the first round.
Individual responses to 2012 NISTEP TEITEN survey were fed back to respondents in 2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey. Respondents were asked to provide comments about why he/she changed their evaluation from the previous survey or comments about supplemental information about their evaluation. Additional detailed survey was conducted for the following three issues; 1) the changes of the number of young scholars by employment status; 2) the status of independence of young and mid-career researchers; 3) the factors that hamper leading research outputs of Japanese universities to economic and social outcomes.

2013 NISTEP Expert Survey on Japanese S&T and Innovation System (2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey), Data Book

NISTEP expert survey on Japanese S&T and innovations system (NISTEP TEITEN survey) aims to track the status of S&T and innovation system in Japan through the survey to Japanese experts and researchers in universities, public research institutions, and private firms. It asks for respondents’ recognitions on the status of the S&T and innovation system, such as diversity in basic research, in Japan and usability of research funds, which is usually difficult to measure through the R&D statistics.
The NISTEP TEITEN survey is a panel survey which will be conducted annually in the duration of the fourth S&T basic plan (FY2011 – 2015). The 2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey is the third round. It was conducted from September 24, 2013 to December 24, 2013. The same questionnaire was sent to the same respondents who were selected in the first round.
Individual responses to 2012 NISTEP TEITEN survey were fed back to respondents in 2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey. Respondents were asked to provide comments about why he/she changed their evaluation from the previous survey or comments about supplemental information about their evaluation. Additional detailed survey was conducted for the following three issues; 1) the changes of the number of young scholars by employment status; 2) the status of independence of young and mid-career researchers; 3) the factors that hamper leading research outputs of Japanese universities to economic and social outcomes.
This report is the data book which shows detailed results of 2013 NISTEP TEITEN survey.