Markus Balzat, Andreas Pyka
Mapping National Innovation Systems in the OECD Area
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to present new findings about the
structure and the organization of innovative activities in selected
OECD countries. By using the approach of national sys-tems of
innovation as a conceptual framework and by applying multivariate data
analysis techniques, this paper aims to add new insights into the
specific structures of the eighteen national systems of innovation
under study. A central result from this comparative study is a
categorisation of national systems of innovation into different
clusters, with each cluster rep-resenting distinctive cross-national
structural similarities. By accounting for sectoral specif-ics, the
commonly taken perspective on national innovation systems is extended.
Thereby, a more precise picture of the structural composition of the
analyzed national innovation sys-tems accrues. Also, a new linkage
between the two approaches of national and sectoral inno-vation systems
is created.
JEL: C33, O11, O31, P51
Paper:
Paper available as pdf-file.
Beitrag Nr. 279, 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
Andreas
Pyka, 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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K., 14.09.2005