Competitiveness in Research and Development: Comparisons and Performance

Telcs, András,Tà rà k, à dám,Borsi, Balázs

ISBN 10: 1843769212 / ISBN 13: 9781843769217

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Competitiveness in Research and Development: Comparisons and Performance
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843769212
• ISBN 13: 9781843769217
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This book builds on the premise that the effectiveness of national efforts to increase spending on R&D can be approximated by the competitiveness of that economy in international markets. Building on a number of existing 'benchmarking' studies that have to date only ranked countries according either to their R&D indicators, or their performances in innovation, this is the first book to offer a synthesized assessment of the R&D competitiveness of national economies based on both input and output related indicators. Several quantitative methods are used to combine these lists with a wide variety of R&D indicators. The book confirms one of the major premises of the Lisbon Strategy - that Europe is significantly lagging behind its overseas competitors in R&D.

Competitiveness in Research and Development includes a unique comparative analysis of R&D and innovation systems of transition and developing economies. It also features a comprehensive and critical survey of international literature on the measurement of R&D and innovation performance.

Academics and researchers of innovation and science and industrial economics will find much to interest them in this book as will international organisations, think tanks, and government agencies dealing with R&D and innovation. The book will also appeal to strategists and managers of R&D intensive companies.

About the Author

Ádám Török, Professor of Economics, University of Veszprém and Head, Research Group Regional Development Studies and Micro-Integration, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary with Balázs Borsi, Department of Enterprise Economics, Esterhazy Karoly College of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Sciences, Hungary and András Telcs, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary