Abstract
International standardization of statistics on science and technology in service industries has a number of unresolved problems. Data on the service industries are not well represented in the large, long-term R&D data complied in advanced countries; statistical surveys have just started for collecting comprehensive data on innovations. Practical experiences have led to improvements of the measures for international standardization of statistics on innovation, as defined in OECD's "Oslo Manual", but such improvements are still unsatisfactory as far as applications on the service industries are concerned. The present report examines issues on the definition of innovations and on the measurement of input to the innovation and their economic impacts.
