South Africa’s Business Innovation Survey, covering the period 2019-2021, will examine the innovation activities in about 5 500 enterprises—from small to very large, and across a range of industries.

The South African Business Innovation Survey, 2019 – 2021, is performed by a team of specialist researchers and managers based in the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators at the Human Sciences Research Council.

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25 February 2022 Media release | Nation-wide survey of South African business innovation gets underway

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Supported by dedicated research assistants, the survey team are committed to making sure each respondent’s experience of completing the survey is smooth and efficient. Whether it’s a phone call, email or tweet, we want to hear from you – and we’ll do our best to attend to your question or comment as soon as we can.

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