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Innovation as a Key Driver of Competitiveness

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  • Rumen Dobrinsky

    (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)

Abstract

This paper examines the link between the issue of competitiveness and innovation and their role in fostering higher living standards. The analysis is carried out at the level of both the firm and the country and then outlines some important policy implications. It appears that the innovative capacity of many of the European emerging markets would be enhanced considerably if the link between knowledge creation and its incorporation into marketable products could be strengthened. In many economies the basic national institutions supporting innovative activities could be improved, and the management of private firms have yet to fully appreciate the importance of innovative activity. The interrelationship between various economic policies, such as those for competition policy which seeks to limit firms’ market power, is also explored; it is found that these other policies often conflict with the objectives of increasing innovation and thus all these policies need to be formulated within a coherent framework that considers all these interactions.

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  • Rumen Dobrinsky, 2008. "Innovation as a Key Driver of Competitiveness," UNECE Annual Report Economic Essays 2008_6, UNECE.
    • Handle: RePEc:ece:annrep:2008_6
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    Cited by:

    1. Onur ÇETIN, 2022. "Effect of Continuous Improvement and Quality Data and Reporting on Innovation Performance," Prizren Social Science Journal, SHIKS, vol. 6(1), pages 9-17, April.
    2. Toma Sorin-George, 2023. "How The World'S Most Innovative Countries Evolved In The Period 2020-2022," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 3, pages 138-143, June.
    3. Michele Sabatino & Giuseppina Talamo, 2017. "Innovation and Competitiveness of European Regions," Research in Applied Economics, Macrothink Institute, vol. 9(3), pages 45-69, September.

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    Keywords

    Financing for development; innovation; competitiveness; Europe; transition economies; technology investment; R&D;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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