Question # 1: How do we measure innovation input?
Question # 2: How do we measure an innovation process?
Question # 3: How do we measure innovation output?
3. Research and development budget per year as
a percentage of total revenues per year
Research & development budget in year x
Total revenues in year x
4. The number of hours that a person spends in week x
studying presentations / blog postings / books etc.
related to innovation
The number of hours the person works in week x
Part of weekly work time spent on studying presentations /
blog postings / books etc. related to innovation
5. The number of people who learn about
creative thinking methods in month x
The total number of people working for
the company in month x
The number of people who learn about creative thinking
methods as percentage of total number of people
6. Number of likes and retweets that a person makes
in month x to tweets related to innovation
Number of days per month a person works
Average number of likes and retweets that a person
makes per day to tweets related to innovation
7. The total number of ideas that a person
develops and communicates in month x
The average number of ideas that a person develops and
communicates per day
Number of days per month a person works
8. Ideas that come from external people through social
media as percentage of total ideas developed in month x
The number of ideas communicated - in month x -
by external people through social media
The total number of ideas communicated in month x
10. The number of hours that a person
spends on trying out ideas in month x
The number of hours that the person works in month x
Part of monthly work time spent on trying out ideas
11. The number of days it takes from
the day an idea is communicated to
the day that a resulting service / product is
used by a customer.
12. The number of barriers that a person experiences from
the day she communicates an idea to
the day that a resulting product / service is used by a
customer / user for the first time.
13. The number of times that a person is praised
by other people from
the day she communicates the idea to
the day the resulting product is first used by a
customer / user.
15. Revenues from products or services introduced in the
last 2 years as a percentage of total revenues
Revenues in month x from products or
services introduced in the last 2 years
Total revenues in month x
16. Percentage of revenue coming from international markets
Revenue from international markets
Total revenue
17. Revenues from services as a percentage of
revenues from products
Revenues from services in month x
Revenues from products in month x