Philippine Institute for Development Studies(PIDS)

Hi! I would like to request for the Philippine Survey of Innovation Activities for years 2009 and 2015. Thank you so much!

Good morning! Sorry to message suddenly, but can i ask for an update for this? Thank you again so much!

Good afternoon! May I ask what the specific variables are so I can tell you which one I need? I will reply at the soonest time possible. Thank you so much!

Good afternoon! The following are copy pasted from our background and methodology. We do not expect to receive all the variables since we do not know what variables the survey used but we would still like to receive what the survey has so we could adjust our study accordingly. Thank you so much again and sorry for the hassle and late response! "Background: Technological innovation is vital to enhancing productivity and reducing poverty in many developing countries such as in the Philippines. This is important especially with the integration of the Philippines in the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025, with its goal to be a “highly integrated and cohesive; competitive, innovative and dynamic” community (ASEAN, 2015). The Philippine government has engaged in the adoption of this trend as well, with policies that promote innovation and research & development (R&D) activities. Legislations such as the RA 7459 have provided incentivized packaged to encourage the development of inventions and facilitate their commercial application. Despite government incentives, however, many manufacturing industries are still behind in pursuing R&D, with multiple firms still lacking in experience and organization to utilize the capabilities of technological innovation for competitive advantage (Cororaton, 2002). For example, firms experience cost factors, knowledge factors or market factors which become barriers to innovation. As well as that, other factors such as regulation laws, industry leaders in innovation, and the support of external organizations towards R&D is taken into consideration. Methodology and variables: The data that the researchers will be utilizing will be from 2015 Survey on Innovation Activities of Establishments. The Survey of Innovation Activities of Establishments is a survey that the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Philippines Institute of Development Studies. This survey aims to document the behavior of firms when it comes to innovative activities. It captures this data per firm, and its employment, capital participation, its processes, and innovations, among others. The research will be based on Becker and Dietz’s (2004) models. This involves using the Tobit model, the General Least Squares model, and the Ordered Probit model. Since this study aims to see the effects of R&D cooperation with external factors, there will be two dependent variables that will be R&D intensity and the realization of product innovations. R&D intensity will measure how much a firm will invest in its R&D activities. As for realization of product innovations, it will be a binary outcome variable, with “1” as the indication that the firm realizes its product innovations, and “0” for otherwise. The factors that will be considered in determining the dependent variables, as mentioned before, will compose of external and some internal factors, which are enumerated below, along with their explanations: 1. R&D cooperation with other firms and/or institutions -Binary: “1” if R&D cooperation in 2015, and “0” if otherwise 2. Number of partners in R&D cooperation -“0” if no partners, “1” if one to three partners, “2” if four to six partners, and “3” if seven or more 3. Barriers to innovation activities (cost) -Cost and risk level of innovation activities (factor scores) 4. Barriers to innovation activities (government intervention) -Government intervention (factor scores) 5. Barriers to innovation activities (market and demand conditions) -Market impulse and demand condition (factor scores) 6. Barriers to innovation activities (technological capacity within the firm) -Internal technological capacity (factor score) 7. Barriers to innovation activities (financial capability) -Financial restriction (factor score) 8. Firm’s way of protecting its innovation -Firm-specific mechanism to protect innovation (factor score) 9. Protecting innovations by law -Mechanisms to protect innovations by law (factor scores) 10. Firm size -Sales in log 11. Technological opportunity with customers and competitors -Customers and competitors (factor score) 12. Technological opportunity with academic and scientific institutions -University and scientific institutions (factor score)"

Good evening! Would it be better if I visit PIDS to collect the data or to verify which variables I need? My research paper is due within 2-3 weeks and if I'm not able to get the data for this, it would be better for me to change topics as early as next week. Thank you so much for your response!

Good morning! I will let you know within the day. Thank you!

Good afternoon! We have read and understood the People's FOI Manual with regards to the Transparency Seal. We would like to let you know that we do not need the identity of the firms; we just need their responses. For transparency purposes of our research, our econometric model will utilize these variables(depending on the information you give us, we will change the model to fit the new or lacking information): Dependent variables -R&D_INT - R&D intensity (log of R&D expenditure to sales) -COOP - whether the firms cooperated or not Independent variables -Appropriability conditions -How firm protects its R&D -How law protects the firm's R&D -Barriers to innovation -cost and risk of innovation activities -market impulse and demand conditions -firm's financial restriction -government intervention -firm's technological capacity -Importance of technological opportunity -technological opportunity with suppliers -technological opportunity with customers and competitors -technological opportunity with academic and scientific institutions -Number of R&D cooperators -profitability of R&D -market share of company -how other firms react to the market share of the firm In line with above, we would like to request the following information from the 2015 SIA: 5. A. 1. Goods 5. A. 2. Services 5. B. 1. Was the product innovation new to the market of this establishment? 5. B. 2. Was the product innovation new only to this establishment? important: 5. D. Gross sales in Php 5. E. 1. Percentage of gross sales of product innovation new to the market of this establishment 5. E. 2. Percentage of gross sales of product innovation new to this establishment 5. E. 3. Percentage of gross sales of product innovation unchanged or marginally modified in 2015 5. E. 4. Total of 1-3 *If you are hesitating to give us the information for 5.E.1-3, 5.E.4. is enough important: 6. A. 1. Did the establishment introduce new or significantly improved methods of manufacturing or producing goods and/or services? 6. A. 2. Did the establishment introduce new or significantly improved logistics, delivery, or distribution? 6. A. 3. Did the establishment introduce new or significantly supporting activities for its processes, such as maintenance systems or operations for purchasing, accounting, or computing? *Also the firms that answered no to 6.A.1-3 important: 8. A. 1. Expenditure of in-house R&D 8. A. 2. Expenditure of outsourced R&D 8. A. 3. Expenditure of acquisition of machinery, equipment, and software 8. A. 4. Expenditure of acquisition of external knowledge 8. A. 5. Expenditure of other innovation activities including design, training, marketing, and other relevant activities 8. A. 6. Total expenditure of 1-5 *If you are hesitating to give us the information for 8.A.1-5, 8.A.6. is enough important: 8.C.1-3. Did the establishment receive public financial support for innovation activities from the local, national, or foreign government? important: 9. A. 1. a. Did the establishment engage in internal innovation activities? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 2. a. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with suppliers of equipment, materials, components, or software? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 2. b. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with clients or customers? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 2. c. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with competitors or other establishments in its sector? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 2. d. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with consultants, commercial laboratories, or private R&D institutes? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 3. a. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with universities or other higher education institutions? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 3. b. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with government or public research institutes? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 4. a. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with conferences, trade fairs, exhibitions? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 4. b. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with scientific journals and trade/technical publications? What is the degree of importance? 9. A. 4. c. Did the establishment engage in innovation activities with professional and industry associations? What is the degree of importance? important: 9. B. Did this establishment cooperate with other establishments or non-commercial institutions on any of its innovation activities? important: 9. B. C. 1-8 Just to determine how many cooperation partners the establishment had in 2015 11. A. 1-3. Did the establishment abandon or delay its innovation activity? important 11. B. 1. a. Degree of importance of cost factors of lack of funds within this establishment or enterprise 11. B. 1. b. Degree of importance of cost factors of lack of funds from outside sources 11. B. 1. c. Degree of importance of cost factors of expensive innovation costs 11. B. 2. a. Degree of importance of knowledge factors of lack of qualified personnel 11. B. 2. b. Degree of importance of knowledge factors of lack of information on technology 11. B. 2. c. Degree of importance of knowledge factors of lack of information on markets 11. B. 2. d. Degree of importance of knowledge factors of difficulty in finding cooperation partners for innovation 11. B. 3. a. Degree of importance of market factors of market dominated by established enterprises 11. B. 3. b. Degree of importance of market factors of uncertain demand for innovative goods or services important: 12. A. 1-7. Did the establishment apply for any of the intellectual property protection instruments? *Also firms that answered no in 12. A. 1-7 12. B. 1-7. How important was it in the decision of the establishment to innovate? 12. C. 1-3. What were the reasons the firm did not choose to apply for intellectual property protection? important: 18. B. Has the establishment availed of any government support or assistance in its innovation activity since 01/2015? *Also the firms that answered no in 18.B. 18. C. 1-12. Degree of importance of government support programs for its innovations during 2015 Once again, thank you so much for accommodating us!