Flash Eurobarometer 394 (The Role of Public Support in the Commercialisation of Innovations)

The significance of public support in the commercialisation of innovations of companies.<br>Topics: introduction of innovation in the company since the beginning of 2011 regarding new or significantly improved goods, services, processes, marketing strategies, or organisational structures; percentage of the company’s turnover in 2013 due to innovative goods and services introduced since January 2011; activities of the company since January 2011 to apply for more patents or trademarks or to carry out research and development; contribution of the following groups to ideas for innovation since January 2011: employees, management, other companies, universities or research organisations, public sector organisations, individual consumers; obtained financial support from the following public authorities for research and development since January 2011: local or regional governments or administrations, national government or administration, European Union; importance of the financial support obtained for developing innovations in the last 3 years; received financial or non-financial support from government or administrative body to support commercialisation of innovative goods or services since January 2011 in order to: meet regulations or standards, develop a marketing plan, develop a prototype, train staff, apply for or manage intellectual property rights, market-testing, sell in export markets; importance of the support obtained for commercialising innovations in the last 3 years; collaboration with the following partners for marketing, distributing, or promoting innovating goods or services since January 2011: competitor, partner company or external consultant, client company or individual consumers, public sector organisation; occurrence of the following problems during the process of commercialisation: lack of financial resources, lack of marketing expertise, cost or complexity of meeting regulations or standards, market dominated by established competitors, low demand for innovative goods or services, difficulties in maintaining intellectual property rights, lack of market standards and regulations, weak distribution channels; commercialisation of innovation in the own company; assessment of the competition of the company in its main market; number of competitors in the main market; importance of selected customers for the sale of innovative goods or services in 2013: other companies, public sector organisations, individual customers; activities of the company regarding public procurement since January 2011: investigation of opportunities without submitting a tender, submission of at least one tender without success, submission of at least one tender with unknown outcome, won at least one public procurement contract; selling of innovative goods or services as part of a won public procurement contract; involvement of the company in public procurement of innovative solutions since January 2011.

Demography: information about the company: number of employees (full-time equivalent), year of establishment, target group, takeover by or merging with another company since the beginning of 2011; total turnover in 2013; development of turnover in 2013 (in percent); percentage of the company’s turnover in 2013 coming from exports.

Additionally coded was: NACE-Code; size of company; nation group; weighting factor.