Impact and results

The aim of Innovation Norway is to make a difference for its customers. To find out more about the impact of our activities and contributions to Norwegian industry and commerce, we conduct surveys and measure our results.

Innovation Norway has a well-established performance management system. Goals have been set and estimates of performance indicators are used to monitor, learn from, and manage the activities.

Measurements of the various indicators that are included come from a variety of sources:

  • The impact survey was conducted by Economics Norway
  • The customer impact survey was conducted by Oslo Economics
  • Internal data from the case processing system SOPP
  • Annual reporting and membership numbers from clusters, and registration of the number of participants in cluster projects and business networking projects
  • Survey for business networking projects
  • Data from Statistics Norway’s instruments database

For 2023-2026, Innovation Norway has signed a framework agreement with Oslo Economics AS, in cooperation with the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU), for the production of estimates that measure impact. There was an additional focus in 2022 on whether it is possible to develop better means of measuring results and effects in the areas of exports and the green transition.

The customer impact survey is a survey targeted at customers who have received services from Innovation Norway. In recent years, the surveys have been conducted by Oxford Research on behalf of Innovation Norway. This year this survey was conducted by a new supplier, Oslo Economics. The customer impact survey involves both a preliminary survey and a follow-up survey. Material changes were made to the survey this year.

As a result of extensive changes to both the design and distribution of the customer impact survey, changes will be made to the reporting on the customer impact survey from and including 2022. In the new survey design, what was previously referred to as the preliminary survey has been shortened to just three questions and is delivered as an appendix to the customer satisfaction survey.

See results in the left-hand menu.