A typology of European countries based on innovation efficiency and technology gaps: The role of early-stage entrepreneurship

Κοντόλαιμου, Αλεξάνδρα; Giotopoulos, Ioannis; Τσακανίκας, Άγγελος

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2015.09.028

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“…The breadth of the gap is evident because respondents indicated that they have difficulty accessing a computer and the Internet, and the government does not encourage or speak of the implementation of an electronic government. These results are consistent with what was defined by [20] who affirm that the digital divide is associated with the low level of Internet access, the OECD defines it as "the gap between people, households, companies and geographical areas in the different socioeconomic levels in relation both to their opportunities for access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and to the use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities.…”

Section: Dimension: Digital Gapsupporting

confidence: 90%

Electronic government in public institutions of the department of La Guajira-Colombia

Orcasitas¹,

Martelo²,

Acevedo³

2018

IJET

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The objective of this research was to analyze the application of electronic government in public institutions of the Department of La Guajira -Colombia. It was typified as a descriptive field investigation with a population of seventy-five users assigned to the public institutions of the department of Guajira Colombia. The results show, among other aspects, that a large percentage of people do not use ICT, are apathetic or do not have access to communication through the use of electronic means. This and other results allow us to conclude that there is a medium compliance for the electronic Government variable, for which it is necessary to reinforce the perception of the same in public institutions.

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Section: Dimension: Digital Gapsupporting

confidence: 90%

Electronic government in public institutions of the department of La Guajira-Colombia

Orcasitas¹,

Martelo²,

Acevedo³

2018

IJET

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“…In general, the existing research reflects the measurement of technological innovation in three aspects. 1) Measuring technological innovation from the perspective of technological innovation investment, scholars mainly adopt R&D expenditure and government investment in science and technology (Kontolaimou et al, 2016). 2) Measured from the perspective of technological innovation output, the variables include patent (Griliches, 1990), product innovations (Cruz-Cazares et al, 2013), and process innovations (Akgün et al, 2009).…”

Section: Independent Variablementioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation or Introduction? The Impact of Technological Progress Sources on Industrial Green Transformation of Resource-Based Cities in China

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With the increasingly prominent problems of global resource consumption and environmental pollution, industrial green transformation has become one of the requirements of China’s industrial development in the new era. However, there is a lack of research on the impact of technological innovation and technology introduction on the industrial green transformation of resource-based cities. To bridge this gap, this study uses the panel data of 115 resource-based cities in China from 2003 to 2016, and uses the dynamic panel generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation method to study the impact of technological innovation and technology introduction on industrial green transformation of resource-based cities. The results show that technology introduction has a negative effect on the industrial green transformation of resource-based cities, while technological innovation can have a positive effect. Meanwhile, technology introduction has imparted a greater role to technological innovation in promoting this transformation. In addition, the interactive effects between technological innovation and technology introduction have obvious heterogeneity on the industrial green transformation of different types of resource-based cities. Therefore, resource-based cities should continue to increase investment in scientific research, to constantly improve and consolidate their technological innovation ability, optimize foreign investment strategy in technology introduction, and strengthen the digestion and absorption of imported technology, while increasing technological innovation and personnel training.

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“…Absorptive capacity relates to the ability of identifying, assimilating and exploiting knowledge from the external environment (Cohen and Levinthal, 1989). The degree of absorptive capacity depends on human capital and internal R&D, which are crucial for creating new knowledge and promoting learning (Cozza and Zanfei, 2016;Crespi and Zuniga, 2012;Griffith et al, 2004;Hong et al, 2016;Kim, 2015;Kontolaimou et al, 2016;Tang and Zhang, 2016;Wang and Wong, 2012). Successful adoption of foreign technology is therefore contingent on indigenous innovation efforts comprising internal R&D and HCD (Bronzini and Piselli, 2009;Lewandowska, 2015).…”

Section: Absorptive Capacity and Technical Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barasa

Vermeulen

Knoben

et al. 2019

EJIM

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Purpose-Countries in Africa have a common goal policy of industrialisation that is expected to be driven by investing in innovation that yields efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the technical efficiency effects arising from innovation inputs including internal R&D, human capital development (HCD), and foreign technology adoption in manufacturing firms in Africa. Design/methodology/approach-This study uses cross-sectional firm-level survey data from the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey and the linked 2013 Innovation Follow-up Survey. A heteroscedastic half-normal stochastic frontier is used for analysing the technical efficiency effects of innovation inputs of 418 firms. Findings-This study reveals that internal R&D, and foreign technology have negative effects on technical efficiency. Notwithstanding, the combination of foreign technology and internal R&D, and foreign technology and HCD reinforce each other's effects on technical efficiency. Practical implications-This study provides evidence that whereas individual innovation inputs may not yield positive efficiency outcomes, the combination of absorptive capacity enhancing inputs comprising internal R&D and HCD with foreign technology is vital for enhancing technical efficiency in manufacturing firms in Africa. This study offers important lessons for managers in manufacturing firms in Africa. Originality/value-This study is virtually the first to investigate the relationship between innovation inputs and efficiency in Africa. This study demonstrates that investing in foreign technology in isolation from absorptive capacity enhancing innovation inputs diminishes efficiency. HCD and internal R&D are imperative for building absorptive capacity that enhances efficiency outcomes arising from foreign technology.

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A typology of European countries based on innovation efficiency and technology gaps: The role of early-stage entrepreneurship

Cited by 66 publications

References 29 publications

Electronic government in public institutions of the department of La Guajira-Colombia

Electronic government in public institutions of the department of La Guajira-Colombia

Innovation or Introduction? The Impact of Technological Progress Sources on Industrial Green Transformation of Resource-Based Cities in China

Innovation inputs and efficiency: manufacturing firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

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