5. Assessing the Role of R&D in International Competitiveness: Some Conceptual and Methodological Problems
—Ádám Török, Secretary General, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS); Professor of Economics, University of Pannonia (UP), Veszprém, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Head, HAS-UP Networked Research Group on Regional Innovation and Development Studies
Abstract
The paper discusses the feasibility of transferring the concepts of competitiveness used in international country comparisons to R&D and innovation. The supply-side and demand-side approaches to measuring and assessing competitiveness are surveyed first. These concepts are applied to R&D and innovation performances of various national economies. Some export-related ...
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