We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole …-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we … could get more GDP without innovation by simply duplicating existing physical capital and labour (e.g. adding a second …

The importance of users as a source of information for company innovation activity was raised in the 1980s by von … Hippel. Today, a concept of a similar basis is known and developed in Europe under the name of User-Driven Innovation (UDI …; NORDEN, 2006). Due to the growing significance of users as a source of information for innovation activities it is important …