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Measuring National Innovation Performance

The Innovation Union Scoreboard Revisited

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Frane Adam

    1. Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses (IRSA), Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  • Contributes to the synthetic overview of (cross-) national innovation performance
  • Proposes more reliable and theoretically valid indicators/indexes
  • Addresses methodological shortcomings and quality of data by utilising meta-analysis and triangulation
  • Revitalises the discussion on innovation performance research and policies ?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)

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This book provides a critical re-examination of the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as the main tool used by the European Commission and other policy-making bodies to measure national innovation capacity. Given that contemporary societies and economies are to a great extent characterised by the processes of production, dissemination and application (re-combination) of knowledge, the accurate monitoring and measurement of R&D efficiency and innovation performance on national, regional and firm level are of outmost importance. The contextual reconstruction of the model of indicators used by IUS reveals that the accuracy and validity of measurement are not satisfactory, and that substantial modifications of metrics are needed to achieve stronger theoretical significance and policy-relevance. In this work, the »epistemic turn« is emphasised and offered as an alternative, namely in the sense of the shift from a mechanicist-positivist orientation toward a more reflective and contextual post-positivist approach. ​

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 1-3

  3. Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 5-7

  4. Innovation: Measurement and Indicators

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 9-13

  5. Innovation Union Scoreboard: Central Monitoring System for the EU

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 15-19

  6. Country Profiles and Patterns Regarding Innovation Performance

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 21-58

  7. Some Comparisons with Other Scoreboards

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 59-61

  8. On Policy Implications

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 63-66

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Frane Adam
    Pages 67-69

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 71-74
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses (IRSA), Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Frane Adam

About the author

Frane Adam is Professor at the University of Ljubljana and Head of Research at the private, non-profit Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses in Ljubljana (www.institut-irsa.si). His main recent research interest is focused on socio-cultural dimensions of innovation performance and knowledge transfer.

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