Country Profiles and Patterns Regarding Innovation Performance

Frane Adam ()
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Frane Adam: Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses (IRSA)

Chapter Chapter 5 in Measuring National Innovation Performance, 2014, pp 21-58 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The EIS-IUS report on the state-of-the-art of innovation performance in EU members and some other countries is published every year. A comparison with main global competitors, like the USA, Japan, Korea and BRIC countries is also a part of this report. However, the main focus is on the mean scores for countries’ individual indicators and how they deviate from the EU average and a calculation of a composite index for each country. Our impression is that these reports (“Country profiles”) give quite a one-sided and static picture without paying much attention to contextual factors and inconsistencies. We believe that a more dynamic approach would be already possible on the basis of the same datasets. However, in order to get a more holistic picture, some other data sources are needed as well as a serious consideration of previous and recent criticism by different authors (as shown in the previous chapter). Above all, a more contextuallyoriented analysis should come to the forefront as it would provide more complex and in-depth insights and conclusions.

Keywords: Innovation Performance; Patent Application; Moderate Innovator; Patent Indicator; Societal Challenge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39464-5_5

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