Community innovation survey (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2010

General characteristics  
Contents:
Ongoing or abandoned innovation activities; Process innovation ; Product innovation
Analysis units:
Enterprises
Periodicity:
Two-yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Enterprises
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission; Mail self-administered data collection by paper questionnaire
Total units:
39098
Respondents:
18328

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results; Methods to measure the effect of unit nonresponse on the results; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Operator training and supervision and assessment of survey procedures; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Methods to estimate the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
None
Other data bases:
Banca dati Eurostat - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
L'innovazione nelle imprese. Anni 2008-2010
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year, 10 months and 12 days