Community Innovation Survey 2008-2010

Jointly conducted by the Central Statistics Office and Forfás the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2008-2010 is a survey of innovation activities of enterprises in Ireland and other EU Member States. The survey collected information about product and process innovation, organisational and marketing innovation and other key variables during the three year period 2008 to 2010 inclusive. The majority of the data refers to technological innovation; new or significantly improved goods or services; the implementation of new or significantly improved processes; or ongoing/abandoned innovation for products and processes.