Methodology for Calculating the European Innovation Scoreboard—Proposition for Modification

Edyta Bielińska-Dusza and Monika Hamerska
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Edyta Bielińska-Dusza: Department of Strategic Analysis, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
Monika Hamerska: Department of International Management, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Kraków, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: The primary purpose of this article is to identify determinants affecting the Summary Innovation Index and, consequently, the positions of countries on the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). Then, based on the identified determinants, these countries are ranked using the linear ordering method. This article presents the concept of innovation as an unwavering subject of interest for researchers from around the world. Issues relating to measuring innovation, which is necessary for the efficient management of an organization, as well as to the study of innovation in individual countries, are discussed. Special attention is drawn to the methodological aspects of constructing the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS). The identification of determinants affecting the level of the Summary Innovation Index is performed through stepwise regression. This makes it possible to reduce the number of factors utilized in the EIS ranking procedure from 27 to 22. This was the inspiration to apply an innovative approach and use the linear ordering method, in order to show that it is possible to obtain a ranking that is very similar to the EIS ranking with a reduced number of indicators. These results may be significant, both for units developing this type of ranking and for users, such as decision-makers, using the results to make strategic decisions. In our opinion, this innovative approach—that is, using the linear ordering method and a reduced number of indicators—makes it possible to create a more transparent EIS ranking. This article is of theoretical, methodological, and empirical interest.

Keywords: innovation; European Innovation Scoreboard; EIS; Innovation Union Scoreboard; ranking of innovation; Community Innovation Survey; OECD; Eurostat; database; methodology; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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