Comparing business R&amp;D across countries over time: a decomposition exercise using data for the EU 27

Reinstaller, Andreas; Unterlass, Fabian

doi:10.1080/13504851.2011.615724

Cited by 21 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The findings of this study are in line with findings in [94], where the structural effects have the greatest influence on R&D spending in the top performing countries in this analysis (and the opposite is true for the worst performers). They are also in line with [95], where it was found that Germany is experiencing a structural change towards technology-intense industries, whereas Denmark, Austria, and Sweden have experienced changes in the intrinsic effects. Another study [96] found that industrial specialization was the main driver of R&D intensity across countries (sample included 18 countries and 21 sectors).…”

Section: Checking For Robustnesssupporting

confidence: 86%

R&D in Europe: Sector Decomposition of Sources of (in)Efficiency

Škrinjarić

2020

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Measuring the efficiency of research and development (R&D) expenditure and innovation policy has gained attention in recent years. This research examines the efficiency of 29 selected European countries for the period ranging from 2007 to 2017 in achieving and obtaining R&D goals. The methodology applied is the data envelopment analysis approach with the inclusion of the missing data approach. The contributions of this research include the following: dynamic analysis is conducted to track changes of (in)efficiencies over time; the decomposition of the efficiency is done by separating the main variables of interest into the private, higher education, and government sectors; and the robustness of the results is evaluated, which is often ignored in the literature. The results of the analysis are discussed with possible directions for inefficient countries. The rankings provided in the empirical part of the study confirm previous findings on disparities between the European countries with respect to innovation and the R&D sector.

show abstract

Section: Checking For Robustnesssupporting

confidence: 86%

R&D in Europe: Sector Decomposition of Sources of (in)Efficiency

Škrinjarić

2020

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Much attention has been paid to the compositional structure of European industry (Mathieu and van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, 2010, Reinstaller and Unterlass, 2012, Cincera and Veugelers, 2013. It has been emphasized that EU member states could pursue the 3% target by changing their industrial structure, in favour of high-tech industries, rather than boosting the R&D intensities of firms in low-or medium-tech sectors.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Persistent heterogeneity of R&D intensities within sectors: Evidence and policy implications

Coad

2019

Research Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policy-making process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication.

show abstract

“…However, knowing whether a country -relative to an average of R&D intensive benchmark countries-is R&D intensive or not given its industrial structure, allows for an assessment of its position on the segments of an industry in terms of its knowledge intensity. This indicator can also be used as a weighting scheme for structural change indicators (Reinstaller and Unterlass, 2012), adding an outcome dimension. As such, it could serve as a proxy for an outcome indicator when used in conjunction with structural change indicators.…”

Section: Measuring Structural Change and Structural Upgradingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The EU 2020 Innovation Indicator: A Step Forward in Measuring Innovation Outputs and Outcomes?

et al. 2016

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. AbstractIn October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby "support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove bottlenecks that prevent innovators from translating ideas into products and services that can be successful on the market". This article aims to evaluate the usefulness of the new indicator against the background of the difficulties in measuring innovation outputs and outcomes. We develop a unique conceptual framework for measuring innovation outcomes that distinguishes structural change and structural upgrading as two key dimensions in both manufacturing and services. We conclude that the new indicator is biased towards a somewhat narrowly defined "high-tech" understanding of innovation outcomes. We illustrate our framework proposing a broader set of outcome indicators capturing also structural upgrading. We find that the results for the modified indicator differ substantially for a number of countries, with potentially wide-ranging consequences for innovation and industrial policies.

show abstract

Comparing business R&D across countries over time: a decomposition exercise using data for the EU 27

Cited by 21 publications

References 2 publications

R&D in Europe: Sector Decomposition of Sources of (in)Efficiency

R&D in Europe: Sector Decomposition of Sources of (in)Efficiency

Persistent heterogeneity of R&D intensities within sectors: Evidence and policy implications

The EU 2020 Innovation Indicator: A Step Forward in Measuring Innovation Outputs and Outcomes?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About