Competitiveness in Research and Development : Comparisons and Performance

1843769212. Hardcover, from closed pharmaceutical company library, appears unread. 251 pages, refs index, illustrated with charts and tables. Builds on the premise that the effectiveness of national efforts to increase spending on RD can be approximated by the competitiveness of that economy in international markets. The first book to offer a synthesized assessment of the RD 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 RD indicators. The book confirms one of the major premises of the Lisbon Strategy - that Europe is significantly lagging behind its overseas competitors in RD. Includes a comparative analysis of RD and innovation systems of transition and developing economies. It also features a comprehensive and critical survey of international literature on the measurement of RD and innovation performance. Contents clean, tight and bright.