Evaluating the Relative Innovative Position of European Union Member Countries: An Empirical Analysis

Amaia Altuzarra, C. Puerta and Felipe Serrano

International Review of Applied Economics, 2007, vol. 21, issue 1, 175-188

Abstract: This paper aims to provide empirical evidence about the relative positions of European Union member states on innovation and, more specifically, on innovation in manufacturing. These positions were obtained from the aggregation of different innovation variables using the principal component analysis. We do not provide, from the statistical viewpoint, a synthetic indicator, even if, from the economic perspective, the information we obtained was similar to what such an indicator would provide. Our unit of analysis is the sector in each country, what we will term 'country-sector', covering both innovative and non-innovative firms.

Keywords: Community innovation survey; innovation; competitiveness; manufacturing sector; principal components analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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