Benchmarking Innovation Performance on the Regional Level: Approach and Policy Implications of the European Innovation Scoreboard for Countries and Regions

Bernhard Iking
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Bernhard Iking: ZENIT - Zentrum für Innovation und Technik mbH

Chapter Chapter 13 in Innovation, Employment and Growth Policy Issues in the EU and the US, 2009, pp 245-271 from Springer

Abstract: Benchmarking is a methodology which measures processes, performances and results of the own region (firm) and compares the gathered data with those of other (better) regions (firms) by using indicators (benchmarks). The goal is to learn from the “Best”. Hence, benchmarking can be understood as a continuous systematic process to compare the success of organisations, functions, processes, regions, policies or firms with the “best” aiming at adapting success experiences and improving own procedures in order to exceed the best performers.

Keywords: Innovation Performance; Patent Application; Index Point; European Patent Office; Japanese Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00631-9_13

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