See CIS disambiguation page for other meanings of CIS.
The Community Innovation Survey, abbreviated as CIS, is conducted in every European Union (EU) Member State to collect data on innovation in businesses, i.e. on product innovation (goods or services) and process innovation (e.g. production methods; logistics; information processing and communication; accounting and administrative operations; organisational, management and marketing aspects).
The legal basis for CIS is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1092 of 30 June 2022 laying down technical specifications of data requirements for the topic ‘Innovation’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.
The CIS reports on the economic environment in which enterprises operate as well as their strategies and activities, with a special focus on business innovation, i.e. the introduction of new or significantly improved goods, services, or business processes. The CIS provides information on the characteristics of innovation activity at the enterprise level, thereby creating a better understanding of the innovation process and the effects of innovation on the economy.
The CIS produces a broad set of indicators on the business environment and strategies; risks to enterprise activities and mitigating actions taken by the enterprise; access to finance; public funding; innovation activities; innovation co-operation; innovation spending; main obstacles for innovation activity; innovations with environmental benefits; and methods of protecting intellectual property rights.
Further information
- Eurostat/OECD Oslo Manual 2018 - Guidelines for Collecting, Reporting and Using Data on Innovation
- European business statistics methodological manual for statistics on business innovation
- Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, as well as Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1092 of 30 June 2022 laying down technical specifications of data requirements for the topic ‘Innovation’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.