Continuing vocational training and innovation in Europe

Teemu Makkonen and Binshan Lin

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2012, vol. 11, issue 4, 325-338

Abstract: This paper hypothesises that continuing vocational training (CVT) should have a positive effect on the innovativeness of nations. Using correlation analysis and several variables from the continuing vocational training survey (CVTS), which depicts various aspects of CVT, the hypothesis of a positive connection between CVT and innovation, as measured in patents, is confirmed in the European context: those nations where the commitment to CVT is the highest are also the most innovative countries in Europe. Consequently, investments and commitment to CVT, when properly planned and executed, have a positive effect on the innovativeness of firms and, subsequently, nations.

Keywords: continuing vocational training; patents; Europe; intellectual property; innovativeness; correlation analysis; positive connections; innovative countries; training investments; training commitment; Finland; Denmark; Luxembourg; Germany; Sweden; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom; UK; Ireland; Holland; Netherlands; France; Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Italy; Slovenia; Spain; Estonia; Greece; Hungary; Portugal; Lithuania; Latvia; Poland; Bulgaria; EU; European Union; innovation; learning. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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