Markus Balzat
The Theoretical Basis and the Empirical Treatment of National Innovation
Systems
Abstract:
This paper deals with theoretical as well as empirical issues in research
on national innovation systems (NIS). The aims of this paper are the following:
first, some basic concepts of the NIS approach as they are used here are
defined and explained. This seems to be necessary for reasons of clarity,
since different authors in this field still make use of different concepts.
Second, and based on this theoretical introduction, the empirical treatment
of national innovation systems is discussed while recent trends in the
NIS literature on performance measurement of innovation systems are summarized.
Third, details of a research agenda with the goal to improve performance
measurements of national innovation systems are given whilst potential
pitfalls of benchmarking exercises in the context of national innovation
systems are also discussed.
JEL: O10, O30, P51
Paper:
Paper available as pdf-file.
Beitrag Nr. 232, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsreihe, Institut für
Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Augsburg
Contact:
Markus
Balzat, University of Augsburg, Department of Economics,
Universitätsstr. 16, D-86159 Augsburg, Phone +49-821-598-4179, Fax
+49-821-598-4229
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