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Management of Engineering & …, Jan 1, 2008
In investigating the link between R&D and innovation, data was used from the South African Innova... more In investigating the link between R&D and innovation, data was used from the South African Innovation Survey of 2001 (SAIS2001). The SAIS2001 results showed that South African enterprises had a relatively high level of innovation with a low level of R&D related innovation costs. A cross tabulation was performed and a statistically significant link between innovation and R&D was found. The group of firms who innovated had a higher tendency to conduct R&D. Universities or Public Research Organisations (PROs) -the 'conventional' sources of R&D -was rated mostly as unimportant external sources of innovation. This is ascribed to the fact that most R&D that is conducted internally is at the experimental development level and requires little basic or applied research. Sectors also differ in their use of R&D as a source of innovation.
Management of Engineering & …, Jan 1, 2008
In investigating the link between R&D and innovation, data was used from the South African Innova... more In investigating the link between R&D and innovation, data was used from the South African Innovation Survey of 2001 (SAIS2001). The SAIS2001 results showed that South African enterprises had a relatively high level of innovation with a low level of R&D related innovation costs. A cross tabulation was performed and a statistically significant link between innovation and R&D was found. The group of firms who innovated had a higher tendency to conduct R&D. Universities or Public Research Organisations (PROs) -the 'conventional' sources of R&D -was rated mostly as unimportant external sources of innovation. This is ascribed to the fact that most R&D that is conducted internally is at the experimental development level and requires little basic or applied research. Sectors also differ in their use of R&D as a source of innovation.