Measuring Innovation In Algerian Firms

innovation is a very wide concept and has many dimensions, measuring innovation is a very difficult task to perform. the purpose of this paper is to provide readers with information on the innovativeness of Algerian firms, information that may help the local firms understand innovation concepts and measures in this paper we measure the innovation activities of Algerian firms through. The applicability of the definitions and methodologies set out in the OECD Oslo Manual on the statistical measurement of technological innovation, which was used in the recent European Community Innovation Survey of the manufacturing sector has drafted some recomendations and enhancements in the measures of innovation both in private and public sectors, in our cqse ze used data offered by the INAPI to measure innovation of algerian firms. moreover, we try to address the National Innovation System approach as an additional measure of innovation, in order to see what works and what doesn't within the local environment, so that local decision makers may take advantage of the information presented in this paper to make better decisions in order to enhance the Algerian firms innovativeness.