Patterns of Organisational Change in European Industry (PORCH). Ways to Strengthen the Empirical Basis of Research and Policy

While awareness of the importance of innovative organisational concepts to enhance the competitiveness of European enterprises has increased, the empirical basis for measuring organisational innovations remains underdeveloped. Patterns of Organisational Change in European Industry aims to remedy this situation. Based on 100 interviews with
research and industry representatives across 10 sectors, this publication formulates recommendations on large scale surveys to measure organisational innovations. A key recommendation is the inclusion in the European Innovation Scoreboard of the organisational innovations that predominantly strengthen product innovation, thus obtaining a direct link between input and output indicators.