Who leads Research Productivity Change? Guidelines for R&D policy makers

Fernando Jiménez-Sáez (), Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia and José Zofío
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Fernando Jiménez-Sáez: INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, Univ. Polytechnic of Valencia, Postal: Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E. Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain, http://www.ingenio.upv.es/?pag=prodcientif&lang=ing

No 2010/10, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: Relying on efficiency analysis we evaluate to what extent policy makers have been able to promote the establishment of consolidated and comprehensive research groups to contribute to the implementation of a successful innovation system for the Spanish food technology sector, oriented to the production of knowledge based on an application model. Using data envelopment analysis techniques and Malmquist productivity indices we find pervasive levels of inefficiency and a typology of different research strategies. Among these, in contrast to what has been assumed, established groups do not play the pre-eminent benchmarking role; rather, partially oriented, specialized and "shooting star" groups are the most common patterns. These results correspond with an infant innovation system, where the fostering of higher levels of efficiency and promotion of the desired research patterns are ongoing.

Keywords: Innovation Policy; Management; Productivity Change; Malmquist Index; Distance Function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 D24 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2010-10-30
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-eff, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-mic and nep-sbm
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