Political instability, pro-business market reforms and their impacts on national systems of innovation

Allard, Gayle; Martinez, Candace A.; Williams, Christopher

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2011.12.005

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“…The stringency of environmental regulations ( RegStringency ) as well as the clarity and stability of regulations ( RegStability ) are sourced from the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Competitiveness Reports. More stringent regulations can be expected to exert direct pressure on firms to introduce EEIs, especially in combination with regulation stability, as investments in EEIs are expected to result in long‐term returns, and the steadiness of legal framework is a relevant factor (Allard, Martinez, & Williams, ). However, having rigorous and stable regulations may not be enough.…”

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The role of institutional pressures in the introduction of energy‐efficiency innovations

2018

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Relying on the institutional and innovation theories, we argue that the institutional features of countries are significantly influencing energy‐efficiency innovation (EEI), a relevant and particular type of environmental innovation activities. Analysis of a cross‐sectional sample of 22,936 firms from nine European countries, drawn from the 2006–8 Community Innovation Survey, confirms the hypothesis that formal and informal institutions influence the propensity of firms to introduce EEIs in general. Furthermore, formal institutions that generate regulatory pressures are found to spur both product and process EEI activities, while informal institutions exerting social pressures are able to significantly drive only product EEI activities. Large firms appear to be relatively more reactive to high regulatory pressures. We draw implications for policy‐makers and managers based on the findings.

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“…in combination with regulation stability, as investments in EEIs are expected to result in long-term returns, and the steadiness of legal framework is a relevant factor(Allard, Martinez, & Williams, 2012). 6 However, having rigorous and stable regulations may not be enough.…”

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“…Finally, pro-business market reforms (or the easiness of doing business aspects of institutions) impact positively the relationship between technological spillovers and productivity of countries by strengthening their national systems of innovation and encouraging the absorption and diffusion of new technical knowledge (Barbossa and Faria, 2011). These institutional reforms targeting business formation and operation are different from targeted innovation policy measures, and contribute indirectly to technicaldriven productivity enhancements via a stronger national system of innovation as a result of more foreign investors and venture capitalists, technological partnerships with MNEs, entrepreneurial incentives for universities and individuals (Allard et al, 2012).…”

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Do good institutions enhance the effect of technological spillovers on productivity? Comparative evidence from developed and transition economies

Krammer¹

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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This paper argues that institutional quality has both direct and indirect (moderating) effects on productivity of countries. These hypotheses are tested using a battery of institutional proxies (governance, economic freedom, intellectual property rights and ease of doing business) and two channels for technological spillovers (trade and FDI) in a panel of developed and transition economies. The results confirm that good institutions have positive and similar effects on productivity across the board. Moreover, they moderate the relationship between foreign technological spillovers and productivity, contingent on the specifics of institutional proxies and countries considered. Thus, governance, IPR and economic freedom exhibit negative moderation in the case of transition economies, while easiness of doing business moderates positively this relationship for both groups of countries. The moderation effects are larger for transition economies and trade-related spillovers. Overall, these results suggest a trade-off for transition countries between pursuing institutional upgrades and increasing their gains from technological spillovers.

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“…), low levels of corruption and institutions supportive towards innovation seem to do well in global NIS comparisons (Makkonen 2014), since political-institutional processes, stability, and arrangements play a crucial role in the competitive performance of firms at the sectoral and national levels (Kim 1998). For example, political instability exerts a strong (negative) influence on innovation inputs in NISs (Allard, Martinez, and Williams 2012) and efforts to foster innovations within an economy will be more productive if accompanied by policy reforms aimed at controlling corruption (Anokhin and Schulze 2009). …”

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National innovation system capabilities among leader and follower countries: widening gaps or global convergence?

Makkonen

2014

Innovation and Development

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The concept of technological catch-up, as it refers to a situation where some less developed countries have been able to catch up to the world leaders in terms of innovation, has inspired an abundant amount of scholarly attention.However, studies comprehensively focusing on factors considered important for innovation in the literature on national innovation systems (NISs) are rare. This gap is addressed here through a systematic analysis of the different dimension of NISs. Despite some positive signs, the global differences are growing i.e. the gaps between the best and the weakest performers are widening. Still, whereas on a global scale convergence is far from being the reality, the analysis was able to indicate a group of countries that have been able to catch-up to the "best in class" countries. Accordingly, there seems to be a clear association between NIS capabilities and the levels of economic development of countries.

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Political instability, pro-business market reforms and their impacts on national systems of innovation

Cited by 116 publications

References 46 publications

The role of institutional pressures in the introduction of energy‐efficiency innovations

The role of institutional pressures in the introduction of energy‐efficiency innovations

Do good institutions enhance the effect of technological spillovers on productivity? Comparative evidence from developed and transition economies

National innovation system capabilities among leader and follower countries: widening gaps or global convergence?

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