IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/intemj/v15y2019i4d10.1007_s11365-019-00592-7.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Does sport affect the competitiveness of European Union countries? An analysis of the degree of innovation and GDP per capita using linear and QCA models

Author

Listed:
  • María Huertas González-Serrano

    (University of Valencia)

  • Vicente Prado-Gascó

    (University of Valencia)

  • Josep Crespo-Hervás

    (University of Valencia)

  • Ferran Calabuig-Moreno

    (University of Valencia)

Abstract

The sport industry has experienced great growth in recent years worldwide, and especially in the European Union (EU) countries. However, despite the role that this industry can play in improving the competitiveness of these countries (Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and innovation performance), no studies have been found that analyse its influence. So, the main aim of this study is, firstly, to analyse the relationship between the innovation performance and the GDP per capita of EU countries, and, secondly, to find out how sport-related indicators and different innovation-related indicators influence the innovation performance and GDP per capita of the EU countries. To this end, two different methodologies have been used: hierarchical regression models and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). A total sample of 23 EU countries have been analysed. The results show that GDP per capita and innovation performance are highly correlated in a positive and significant way (0.76; p 0.90). Finally, a number of practical implications are presented that can help policy makers to improve the competitiveness of EU countries.

Suggested Citation

  • María Huertas González-Serrano & Vicente Prado-Gascó & Josep Crespo-Hervás & Ferran Calabuig-Moreno, 2019. "Does sport affect the competitiveness of European Union countries? An analysis of the degree of innovation and GDP per capita using linear and QCA models," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 15(4), pages 1343-1362, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intemj:v:15:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s11365-019-00592-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11365-019-00592-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11365-019-00592-7
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11365-019-00592-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Alina Mihaela Dima & Liviu Begu & Maria Denisa Vasilescu & Maria Alexandra Maassen, 2018. "The Relationship between the Knowledge Economy and Global Competitiveness in the European Union," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-15, May.
    2. Maria Benavides-Espinosa & Salvador Roig-Dobón, 2011. "The influence of cultural differences in cooperative learning through joint ventures," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 5(1), pages 69-85, March.
    3. Acs, Zoltan J. & Szerb, László, 2009. "The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX)," Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship, now publishers, vol. 5(5), pages 341-435, August.
    4. Agénor, Pierre-Richard & Neanidis, Kyriakos C., 2015. "Innovation, public capital, and growth," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 252-275.
    5. Claude Diebolt & Ralph Hippe, 2019. "The long-run impact of human capital on innovation and economic development in the regions of Europe," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(5), pages 542-563, January.
    6. Vanessa Ratten, 2012. "Sport entrepreneurship: challenges and directions for future research," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(1), pages 65-76.
    7. Viju Raghupathi & Wullianallur Raghupathi, 2017. "Innovation at country-level: association between economic development and patents," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 1-20, December.
    8. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, 2007. "National Innovation Systems—Analytical Concept and Development Tool," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 95-119.
    9. Roig-Tierno, Norat & Alcázar, Joaquín & Ribeiro-Navarrete, Samuel, 2015. "Use of infrastructures to support innovative entrepreneurship and business growth," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(11), pages 2290-2294.
    10. Wladimir Andreff, 2001. "The Correlation between Economic Underdevelopment and Sport," Post-Print halshs-00274657, HAL.
    11. Marco Capasso & Tania Treibich & Bart Verspagen, 2015. "The medium-term effect of R&D on firm growth," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 39-62, June.
    12. Rana P. Maradana & Rudra P. Pradhan & Saurav Dash & Kunal Gaurav & Manju Jayakumar & Debaleena Chatterjee, 2017. "Does innovation promote economic growth? Evidence from European countries," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 1-23, December.
    13. José Fernández-Serrano & Vanessa Berbegal & Francisco Velasco & Alfonso Expósito, 2018. "Efficient entrepreneurial culture: a cross-country analysis of developed countries," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 105-127, March.
    14. Hsu, Po-Hsuan & Tian, Xuan & Xu, Yan, 2014. "Financial development and innovation: Cross-country evidence," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 116-135.
    15. James Skinner & Dwight H. Zakus & Jacqui Cowell, 2008. "Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(3), pages 253-275, September.
    16. Mariana Mazzucato & Gregor Semieniuk, 2017. "Public financing of innovation: new questions," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 33(1), pages 24-48.
    17. Khayyat, Nabaz T. & Lee, Jeong-Dong, 2015. "A measure of technological capabilities for developing countries," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 210-223.
    18. Fernandes, Cristina & Ferreira, João & Raposo, Mario, 2013. "Drivers to firm innovation and their effects on performance: An international comparison," MPRA Paper 46776, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    19. Hsu, Chia-Wen & Lien, Yung-Chih & Chen, Homin, 2015. "R&D internationalization and innovation performance," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 187-195.
    20. Carayannis, Elias G. & Goletsis, Yorgos & Grigoroudis, Evangelos, 2018. "Composite innovation metrics: MCDA and the Quadruple Innovation Helix framework," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 4-17.
    21. Hai, Do Phu & Roig-Dobón, Salvador & Sánchez-García, José Luis, 2016. "Innovative governance from public policy unities," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 69(4), pages 1524-1528.
    22. Ragin, Charles C., 2000. "Fuzzy-Set Social Science," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, edition 1, number 9780226702773, September.
    23. Sascha Kraus & Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano & Miriam Schüssler, 2018. "Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in entrepreneurship and innovation research – the rise of a method," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 15-33, March.
    24. Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro & Peris-Ortiz, Marta, 2011. "Subsidizing technology: How to succeed," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 64(11), pages 1224-1228.
    25. Khedhaouria, Anis & Thurik, Roy, 2017. "Configurational conditions of national innovation capability: A fuzzy set analysis approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 48-58.
    26. Filippetti, Andrea & Archibugi, Daniele, 2011. "Innovation in times of crisis: National Systems of Innovation, structure, and demand," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 179-192, March.
    27. Wladimir Andreff, 2008. "Globalization of the sports economy," Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, Centro di diritto e business dello Sport, vol. 4(3), pages 13-32, Dicembre.
    28. Hasan, Iftekhar & Tucci, Christopher L., 2010. "The innovation-economic growth nexus: Global evidence," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(10), pages 1264-1276, December.
    29. Skinner, James & Zakus, Dwight H. & Cowell, Jacqui, 2008. "Development through Sport: Building Social Capital in Disadvantaged Communities," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 253-275, November.
    30. repec:ucp:bkecon:9780226702766 is not listed on IDEAS
    31. Rudra P. Pradhan & Mak B. Arvin & John H. Hall & Mahendhiran Nair, 2016. "Innovation, financial development and economic growth in Eurozone countries," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(16), pages 1141-1144, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xing Gao & Keyu Zhai, 2021. "Spatial Mechanisms of Regional Innovation Mobility in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 156(1), pages 247-270, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Erzurumlu, S. Sinan & Erzurumlu, Yaman O. & Yoon, YongKi, 2022. "National innovation systems and dynamic impact of institutional structures on national innovation capability: A configurational approach with the OKID method," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    2. Rana P. Maradana & Rudra P. Pradhan & Saurav Dash & Kunal Gaurav & Manju Jayakumar & Debaleena Chatterjee, 2017. "Does innovation promote economic growth? Evidence from European countries," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 1-23, December.
    3. Mohsen Mohammadi Khyareh & Nasrin Rostami, 2022. "Macroeconomic Conditions, Innovation and Competitiveness," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 13(2), pages 1321-1340, June.
    4. Pradhan, Rudra P. & Arvin, Mak B. & Bahmani, Sahar & Bennett, Sara E., 2017. "The innovation- growth link in OECD countries: Could other macroeconomic variables matter?," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 113-123.
    5. Kais Mtar & Walid Belazreg, 2023. "On the nexus of innovation, trade openness, financial development and economic growth in European countries: New perspective from a GMM panel VAR approach," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(1), pages 766-791, January.
    6. Fakhimi, MohammadAmin & Miremadi, Iman, 2022. "The impact of technological and social capabilities on innovation performance: a technological catch-up perspective," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    7. Kais Mtar & Walid Belazreg, 2021. "Causal Nexus Between Innovation, Financial Development, and Economic Growth: the Case of OECD Countries," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(1), pages 310-341, March.
    8. Nguyen, Trang & Chaiechi, Taha & Eagle, Lynne & Low, David, 2020. "Dynamic impacts of SME stock market development and innovation on macroeconomic indicators: A Post-Keynesian approach," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 327-347.
    9. Proksch, Dorian & Haberstroh, Marcus Max & Pinkwart, Andreas, 2017. "Increasing the national innovative capacity: Identifying the pathways to success using a comparative method," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 256-270.
    10. Teemu Makkonen & Timo Mitze, 2019. "Deconstructing the Education-Innovation-Development Nexus in the EU-28 Using Panel Causality and Poolability Tests," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(2), pages 516-549, June.
    11. Pradhan, Rudra P. & Arvin, Mak B. & Bahmani, Sahar, 2018. "Are innovation and financial development causative factors in economic growth? Evidence from a panel granger causality test," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 130-142.
    12. Rudra P. Pradhan & Mak B. Arvin & Mahendhiran Nair & Sara E. Bennett, 2020. "Sustainable economic growth in the European Union: The role of ICT, venture capital, and innovation," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 38(1), pages 34-62, January.
    13. Khedhaouria, Anis & Thurik, Roy, 2017. "Configurational conditions of national innovation capability: A fuzzy set analysis approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 48-58.
    14. Manzoor Ahmad & Jianghuai Zheng, 2023. "The Cyclical and Nonlinear Impact of R&D and Innovation Activities on Economic Growth in OECD Economies: a New Perspective," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(1), pages 544-593, March.
    15. Xing Gao & Keyu Zhai, 2021. "Spatial Mechanisms of Regional Innovation Mobility in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 156(1), pages 247-270, July.
    16. Komlósi, Éva & Sebestyén, Tamás & Tóth-Pajor, Ákos & Bedő, Zsolt, 2022. "Do specific entrepreneurial ecosystems favor high-level networking while others not? Lessons from the Hungarian IT sector," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    17. E Bárcena-Martín & M Rodríguez-Fernández & S Borrego-Domínguez, 2017. "Golf, supply and demand," Tourism Economics, , vol. 23(6), pages 1220-1234, September.
    18. Yu, Tiffany Hui-Kuang & Huarng, Kun-Huang, 2023. "Configural analysis of GII’s internal structure," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    19. Badeeb, Ramez Abubakr & Szulczyk, Kenneth R. & Zahra, Samia & Mukherjee, Tanusree Chakravarty, 2023. "Innovation dynamics in the natural resource curse hypothesis: A new perspective from BRICS countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    20. Ted Hayduk, 2019. "Leveraging sport mega events for international entrepreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 857-881, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:intemj:v:15:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s11365-019-00592-7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.