Assessing the information content of the technology achievement index in the presence of the human development index

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Assessing the information content of the technology achievement index in the presence of the human development index

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Francisco Arcelus () (University of New Brunswick)
Basu Sharma () (University of New Brunswick)
Gopalan Srinivasan () (University of New Brunswick)

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Basu Sharma

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This paper supports the proposition that the indexes of technological achievement and of human development exhibit similar information validity and similar country rankings, thus questioning the need for the existence of two indexes rather than one.

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Volume (Year): 15 (2005)
Issue (Month): 4 ()
Pages: 1-5
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Nasierowski, W. & Arcelus, F. J., 2003. "On the efficiency of national innovation systems," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 215-234, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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