The technological capabilities of nations: The state of the art of synthetic indicators

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 917-931

  Archibugi, Daniele ^a,b   Denni, Mario ^c   Filippetti, Andrea ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Italian Competition Authority   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Cross country comparisons; Innovation measurement; National systems of innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INDICATORS; CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS; ECONOMIC STUDY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INNOVATION MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE; NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION; OLYMPIC MEDALS; STATE OF THE ART; STATISTICAL SOURCES; SYNTHETIC INDICATORS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNITED NATION; WORLD BANK;

SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

MEASUREMENTS;

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INNOVATION; MACROECONOMICS; RANKING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD BANK;

EID: 67651165060     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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