The Oslo Manual is the foremost international source of guidelines for the collection and use of data on innovation activities in industry. This third edition has been updated to take account of the progress made in understanding the innovation process, the experience gained from the previous...

The ability to determine the scale of innovation activities, the characteristics of innovating firms, and the internal and systemic factors that can influence innovation is a prerequisite for the pursuit and analysis of policies aimed at fostering technological innovation. The Oslo Manual,...

This publication, known as the “Oslo Manual – First Edition”, set out for the first time a consistent framework of concepts, definitions and methodology for the measurement of business innovation, providing guidelines by which comparable innovation indicators can be developed in OECD...