Enterprise Survey 2014
Ghana, 2014
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How the main innovative product/service is different than the most similar one? (hb7x)
Data file: ghana_2013_innovation_data
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89
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Discrete
Start:
237
End:
386
Width:
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Literal question
Please describe in detail how the main innovative product or service is different than the most similar product or service, if any, previously produced by this establishment
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| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| A computerised system is used to detect faults in the engine of vehicles whiles it was done manually previosly | |
| A harvester that has multiple functions | |
| At first it was the same body works but now istead of using our hands we rather use machines in moulding the plates and parts of vehicles | |
| At first we were mixing with our hands and now we can mix it with pan mixture | |
| Bind 20 acts as a fragnance when used to mob the floor unlike the other such as liquid soap that I sell. Bind 20 has a special fragrance | |
| Car body works and sprays | |
| Complete model change:this car has a different shape, interiors are different (seat, radio, dust board) | |
| Comprises of engineers to test the road whether it in good shape | |
| Construction activities | |
| Construction of bridges, regraving, shaping of roads | |
| Doors produced were normal doors | |
| Formerly selling other building materials like paints, poly tanks | |
| Fried rice mixed with sea food | |
| Furnitures were produced without designs | |
| Grain wheat was added to the yohgourt as fibre | |
| Growing and export of yam tubers | |
| High consumer demand: The request for this meal by our customers is of high demand | |
| In water logged areas you can use sewage treatment plant unlike the traditional ones. The water from the human waste is bacteria free and odour free a | |
| Initailly we were doing ordinary carpentary works which has a different functioncompared to the wardrobe | |
| Instead of using raw foam for the chairs we now use the saw dust wood chippings of the wood which reduces cost | |
| It does not allow the machine to absorb more fuel | |
| It has got additional features than the previous one | |
| It is a quality brand than the previous one | |
| It is for tractor vehicles | |
| It is used in neutralizing bacterials instead of washing the hand | |
| It was only one fabric which is bben used for design | |
| Kenkey is a staple food in ghana prepared from corn dough and the method of cooking is boiling which is completely different from the bakery services | |
| Kind of equipment used for the mixing of cake is different | |
| Low acidity, effective for both machine and hand and leaves no identifiable marks on auto-body | |
| Mixing mashed riped plantain, flour, spices and oil to bake food (ofam) | |
| No excort provided | |
| Normal blocks were formally used in construction | |
| Not much difference just that it has bigger capacity than the old one's | |
| One is copper and the other one is plastic | |
| Previously film was used in producin photos and its takes about a day but now instantly one gets his photo in a minute | |
| Previously it was not in powdered form but was used in it natural form | |
| Previously there was no way to change black and white pictures into coloured or old pictures into new ones | |
| Processing is very difficult in terms of selecting, washing e.t.c | |
| Processing of scraped metal for metal plate | |
| Producing water instead of herbal medicine | |
| Product is of high quality than before | |
| Production of soap instead of printing press | |
| Reduce the cost of a steel shelves regardless of the size | |
| Selling airline tickets directly (physically) | |
| Selling drugs based on the cash and carry system | |
| Servicing of non automatic car engines | |
| Strict measures were taken i.e queries are issued out whenever one is found guilty | |
| Supply of cleaning products | |
| Suppy of non-automated laboratory machines(Manual machines) | |
| The firm only had a restaurant | |
| The groundnut machine was a manual use and we have turn it to electric groundnut machine | |
| The hand cream sanitizer is used to disinfectant the hand without rinsing with water | |
| The lcd/led television is a flat screen whiles the other is a hunch back screen | |
| The main innovative product is different because this is use for industrial and commercial purpose. The previous was used for household | |
| The new product has a design on it whiles the old one does not have any | |
| The new product is made with a lot of design while the old product were made without fabric designs | |
| The new products are directly available to customers | |
| The new service involves the sale of product (cloth) to customers. I get extra income on the sales and sewing of the cloth | |
| The old product was to cure piles, gonorhhea, rheumatism but the new product is for malaria only | |
| The other t.v sets were flat and chordbox | |
| The others were recycling plastics into chairs and tables | |
| The product gives shape to a new building and it beautifies it | |
| The truck is used to carry sack which has a bigger capacity than the wheel barrow | |
| There was only one overlock machine and cant be used for embroidery | |
| These are aluminuim or metal guard for staircase and balcony | |
| This brown bread is mostly preferred by doctors to be very nutitions to patients and even to healthy people at large rather from those ordinary breads | |
| This is different from the other soft drinks, because they have not been broken categorically into packs. And they are sold at normal prices | |
| This new product can be used for interlocking as compared to the previous one which was used for ordinary construction | |
| This oil is used only for lubricating the gear box | |
| This product has mineral and vitamins supplement while the other has only mineral supplement | |
| Was operating only a supermarket | |
| We are into building contraction | |
| We don’t conbine african beads with the foreign beads previously | |
| We have been manufacturing products out of wood but have now introduced the sale of cloth\materials which is a service | |
| We previously use glue and our hands for binding | |
| We script out some christian scriptures like bible quotations whiles others were general quotations | |
| We use to send our woods to other places for design | |
| We used shivon to sew the top part of the dress | |
| We used to send it to another comapany which used to sew the edge of a sandals for us, but now we use nail head to emboss the edge of our sandals whic | |
| We used to serve fried rice with sala cream but now we have a different dish called fried rice with beef, chicken or sausage sauce | |
| We were dealing in textiles and garments for wedding gowns and other dresses | |
| We were formely manufacturing soap | |
| We were initially into book printing and photocopying | |
| We were initially only providing accomodation for customers | |
| We were into the manufacture of men's shoes but we have now introduced the sale of herbal medicine | |
| We were only serving people who came to the shop to buy | |
| We were using a type of wood which did not increase profit | |
| You are served breakfast when you sleep over free | |
| present parcels to old customers and drop call cards to prospective companies |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.