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1 online resource |
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SpringerBriefs in economics |
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SpringerBriefs in economics.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism -- 3. Innovation: Measurement and Indicators -- 4. Innovation Union Scoreboard: Central Monitoring System for the EU -- 4.1. Main Characteristics and Indicators -- 4.2. Short Overview of Existing Criticism -- 5. Country Profiles and Patterns Regarding Innovation Performance -- 5.1. Contextual, (Cross- )Case-Based Re-analysis of the Innovation Union Scoreboard -- 5.2. Discussion -- 5.3. In-depth Analysis of the Indicators and their Relevance -- 5.4. Clustering of Countries -- 5.5. Estonia and Slovenia: Can We Trust the Data on R & D Expenditures? -- 6. Some Comparisons with Other Scoreboards -- 7. On Policy Implications -- 7.1. Is the IUS Giving Its Users the Correct Signals? -- 7.2. Convergence or Divergence? -- 8. Concluding Remarks |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Technology and state -- European Union countries
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Technology assessment -- European Union countries
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Technological innovations -- Evaluation
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Technological innovations -- Evaluation
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Technology and state
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Technology assessment
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783642394645 |
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3642394647 |
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