Corporate Innovation Index(CII)
Design & Methodology
The Corporate Innovation Index (CII) funded by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government and developed by the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business (APIB), The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The project aims to provide a holistic assessment of the innovation performance and achievements of companies in Hong Kong. This research project will regularly invite enterprises to complete questionnaires, continuously track annual industry development trends, and establish a long-term, comparable data benchmark.
Innovation Framework
A framework with various dimensions of innovation will provide a meaningful foundation for measuring corporate innovation. A team of innovation experts used systematic review of research findings and practices conclusions to propose an innovation measurement model. Based on the IPO model, Corporate Innovation Index (CII) measures corporate innovation by considering three factors: pre-requisites (input), enabler (process), and value (output). This framework not only indicates corporate’s innovation capability but also helps to identify the innovation activities that need to be improved in the future. The CII framework consists of 13 factors, and each factor is mapped in its corresponding factor (i.e., pre-requisites, enabler, and value). These factors are a combination of both quantitative and qualitative factors.
Data Collection
Based on the Innovation Framework, the project team has developed a measuring tool of corporate innovation and will rank universes of listed and non-listed corporates in Hong Kong. Our CII will measure and rank both (1) technological innovations (e.g. related to Big Data, Artificial Intelligence etc) and non-technological aspects in Hong Kong. We are now recruiting around 100 large corporates and 200-300 SMEs to participate in this measurement and ranking exercise. Hard figures and self-reported survey data will be collected and the project team will then perform rigorous statistical analysis and measurement model fine-tuning the first CII ranking. Top-ranked corporates will be invited to share their innovation journeys in the Hong Kong corporate Innovation Workshop. We will also organize an award ceremony to promote corporate innovation and announce the top-ranked corporates.
Project Development
The project team will develop online training kits describing the framework and measurements of CII. These kits will be made available online. We will also conduct a series of corporate innovation training for business leaders and executives to further strengthen the innovation culture and know-how among Hong Kong corporates. Last but not least is to collect feedback from the first ranking exercise, for refining the measurements for the next one.
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