AN APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE BASED ON THE INTENSITY OF INNOVATION
Mario Coccia
CERIS Working Paper from CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY
Abstract:
The economics of innovation presents a lot of taxonomies of innovation. This research introduces the scale of innovative intensity (SIIN) based on a meta-taxonomy that subsume other, less comprehensive taxonomy. The SIIN is similar to the seismic scale of Mercalli used for measuring the intensity of earthquakes. This scale is used for a theoretical framework of measurement based on the economic impact of the technological innovation on the economic system. The theory is applied on some case studies from agricultural mechanisation and ICT industries and the results show as the Internet innovation has a higher economic impact than farm tractors.
Keywords: Technometrics; Technological Change; Innovation Intensity; Economic Impact; Innovation Waves; Innovation Patterns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D00 L20 O10 O30 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2003-06
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