HSRC Seminar: Measurement of Innovation in the South African Cultural & Creative Industries
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2 June 2020

  Online seminar  Overview: Traditional Oslo innovation surveys provide a useful empirical tool to assess the innovation performance of economic sectors, through the lens of firm-level activity. However, to the extent that innovation in the cultural and creative industry takes place outside of the formal sector - in highly contingent, informal settings - are traditional approaches sufficient to create an evidence base appropriate to the South African context?  Presenter: Gerard Ralphs, Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), HSRC  For more information: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/seminars/measurement-of-innovation-methodological-challenge
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