Analysing national innovation capacity and its importance for competitiveness and growth

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dc.contributor.authorDoran, Justin
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Nóirín
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T09:13:50Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T09:13:50Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-25
dc.date.updated2018-04-17T13:57:19Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses data from the OECD's Scientific and Technological database and the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) to analyse the national innovation capacity of nineteen OECD countries over the time period 2001 to 2007. A total of three sub-indexes are constructed which rank the strength of the common innovation infrastructure, cluster specific environment and quality of linkages which exist within each of the countries. These sub-indexes form the basis of an overall index measuring countries' national innovation capacity. The results indicate that each of the three components considered are important in explaining the innovation output of the countries studied. Further to this, national innovation capacity is found to have a positive effect on GDP per capita and on a country's GCR ranking. However, national innovation capacity in 2001 is found to be negatively associated with the subsequent growth rate of GDP per capita. This counterintuitive result may arise due to determinants of growth other than innovation such as capital and labour accumulation.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationDoran, J., N. McCarthy and M. O'Connor (2018) 'Analysing National Innovation Capacity and its Importance for Competitiveness and Growth'. International Journal of Competitiveness, 1 (3), pp. 257-278. doi: 10.1504/IJC.2018.10012662en
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJC.2018.10012662
dc.identifier.endpage278en
dc.identifier.issn2056-9432
dc.identifier.issn2056-9440
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Competitivenessen
dc.identifier.startpage257en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5994
dc.identifier.volume1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInderscienceen
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJC.2018.091500
dc.rights© 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.en
dc.subjectNational innovation capacityen
dc.subjectCompetitivenessen
dc.subjectEconomic growthen
dc.subjectEconomic geography.en
dc.titleAnalysing national innovation capacity and its importance for competitiveness and growthen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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