Evaluation of Croatian innovation capability

Zoran Aralica and Katarina Bacic
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Zoran Aralica: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
Katarina Bacic: The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

Chapter 6 in Croatian Accession to the European Union: Facing the Challenges of Negotiations, 2005, vol. 3, pp 129-159 from Institute of Public Finance

Abstract: In this paper we try to assess and evaluate Croatian innovation capability thorough the framework of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), a system of innovation indicators. Economic theory perceives innovation as a source of national competitiveness and the EU set the ability to compete within the single market as the main economic criterion for EU accession. Through the use of EIS indicators we are able to compare and rank Croatia’s achievements in innovation policy against EU and Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEEC). Croatia ranks well by European standards in comparison to other CEEC, in particular Bulgaria and Romania, but has not made a significant progress in its innovation potential and policy with respect to the EU.

Keywords: innovation policy; national innovation system; European Union integration processes; knowledge-based society; European Innovation Scoreboard; Community Innovation Survey; Croatia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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