ABSTRACT
Innovation activities contribute essentially to the regional dimension and growth. The technological infrastructure and innovation capabilities affect not only the regional growth but also the whole periphery and economy. In the last decades, OECD introduced measures and indexes, concerning the Research and Development Expenditures, patents etc., that measure innovation activities. However, there are many problems and questions regarding the measurement of innovation activities at a regional level. This chapter attempts to analyse the whole framework of innovation statistics and in particular to examine the measurement and the statistical estimation of innovation activities. Within this context, it also aims to emphasise and review appropriate techniques, the most common methods and particular problems.
