The competitive advantage of nations: An application to academia

Anne-Wil Harzing and Axèle Giroud

Journal of Informetrics, 2014, vol. 8, issue 1, 29-42

Abstract: Within the field of bibliometrics, there is sustained interest in how nations “compete” in terms of academic disciplines, and what determinants explain why countries may have a specific advantage in one discipline over another. However, this literature has not, to date, presented a comprehensive structured model that could be used in the interpretation of a country's research profile and academic output. In this paper, we use frameworks from international business and economics to present such a model.

Keywords: Revealed comparative advantage; Academic disciplines; Essential science indicators; Scientific productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.007

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