ABS: Nasierowski, Interrelationshipw among elements of national innovation systems

[Gretchen Whitney]

Interrelationships among the elements of national
innovation systems: A statistical evaluation
Nasierowski W, Arcelus FJ

EMAIL address: arcelus at unb.ca

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
119: (2) 235-253 DEC 1 1999

Document type: Article     Language: English     Cited
References: 38     Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
An obstacle often faced by countries in attempting to
improve the standard of living of their people and the
productivity of their economic base is a low level of
technological development. At the national level, such
a problem may be conceptualized in the form of a
National Innovative System (NIS), which represents a
country's involvement in. innovative activity. It is
the purpose of this paper to develop a comprehensive
NIS model through the identification of elements which
characterize a country's NIS and of the
interrelationships embedded in each individual system.
The point bf departure is to treat the NIS as any
other sector of the economy. As a result, its various
elements are delineated according to their role within
the NIS, as inputs, outputs, moderators or as a
measure of productivity. The nature of the
interrelationships is assessed through a structural
equations model linking the various elements. It is
shown that substantial commonalities exist among the
basic elements of the various NISs, notwithstanding
large differences in technology development strategies
that exist across countries and the wide disparity
between levels of development of each country in the
sample. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.
Author Keywords:
research and development, national innovation systems,
technological progress, productivity, structural
equation modelling

KeyWords Plus:
INDICATORS

EMAIL address: arcelus at unb.ca

Arcelus FJ, Univ New Brunswick, Fac Adm, POB 4400,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada.
Univ New Brunswick, Fac Adm, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3,
Canada.


Publisher:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM


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Source item page count:  19
Publication Date:  DEC 1
IDS No.:  243FL

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