Nasierowski, W; Arcelus, FJ "On the stability of countries' national technological systems (Article, English" Decision Making: Recent Developments and Worldwide applications 45.2000. p.97-111 Kluwer Academic Pulishing, Dordrecht

[Eugene Garfield]

Wojciech Nasierowski:  nasierow at unb.ca
Francisco J. Arcelus: arcelus at unb.ca


TITLE         : On the stability of countries' national technological
systems (Article, English)

AUTHOR    : Nasierowski, W;  Arcelus, FJ

SOURCE   : Decision Making: Recent Developments and Worldwide applications
45.2000. p.97-111 Kluwer Academic Pulishing, Dordrecht

ABSTRACT: This paper considers the hypothesis that globalisation of business
practices has led to the harmonisation of policies dealing with the
acquisition and development of technology throughout the years and across
countries.  The data set includes the countries listed in the World
Competitiveness Report (WCR) and covers the 1993-1997 period.  The paper (1)
describes the elements of a country's National Technological System (NTS)
and of the variables used for their measurement; (ii) identifies
commonalities in NTSs across countries, across time and across NTS elements;
and (iii) assesses the predictive value of the model as a validation tool,
by ranking countries across several dimensions related to their NTS and
contrasting these rankings against their counterparts obtained from the
WCR's factor of Science and Technology.