Evaluating the determinants of national innovative capacity among european countries

Natário, Maria Manuela; Couto, João Pedro Almeida; Tiago, Maria Teresa Borges; Braga, Ascenção M. M.

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Natário, Maria Manuela

Couto, João Pedro Almeida

Tiago, Maria Teresa Borges

Braga, Ascenção M. M.

Abstract(s)

This paper reflects upon the factors that influence the national innovative capacity that is based on the European Innovation Scoreboard database. The aim is to reflect on, and evaluate, the factors influencing national innovative capacity. A cluster analysis was conducted to verify how different countries are positioned in terms of innovation outputs and determine which factors distinguish their level of innovative capacity. The results point to the existence of four groups of countries. On the other hand, the factors identified are related to the dimensions of institutional efficiency, namely the efficiency of institutions, types of regulation, effective rule of law and level of corruption, societies’ cultural values associated with the level of hierarchy or "power distance" and "uncertainty avoidance." Aspects are related to the innovation framework, such as doctorates in science and engineering, business Research & Development expenses, and the level of collaboration for innovation.

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Copyright © 2011 Maria Manuela Santos Natário, João Pedro Almeida Couto, Maria Teresa Borges Tiago, Ascensão Maria Martins Braga. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

Innovative Capacity Innovation National Culture Institutional Efficiency Innovation Infrastructure

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2318

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Maria Manuela Natário; João Pedro Almeida Couto; Maria Teresa Pinheiro de Melo Borges Tiago; Ascenção Braga. Evaluating The Determinants Of National Innovative Capacity Among European Countries, Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 11, 11, 67-78, 2011.