Evaluating and Comparing the Innovation Performance of the United States and the European Union Cover Image

Az Egyesült Államok és az Európai Unió innovációs teljesítményének értékelése és összehasonlítása
Evaluating and Comparing the Innovation Performance of the United States and the European Union

Author(s): Giovanni Dosi, Mauro Sylos Labini, Patrick Llerena
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Gondolat Kiadó
Keywords: innovation performance; structural lags; scientific and technological knowledge; indicators

Summary/Abstract: The report aims at evaluating and comparing the innovation performance of the United States and the European Union. In particular, bearing in mind the subtleties entailed by innovation measurements, we discuss the European comparative performance in terms of scientific output, proxies for technological innovation, and actual production and export in those lines of business which draw more directly on scientific advances. The general message of the authors’ analysis can be summarized as follows. Certainly one observes significant differences across scientific and technological fields, but it happens that Europe has structural lags in top level science and innovative performance vis-à-vis the US, together with some points of strength in physical sciences and engineering. At the same time, one also finds ample evidence of a widespread European corporate weakness, notwithstanding major success stories.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 84-113
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Hungarian
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