Modeling the relative efficiency of national innovation systems

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-115

  Guan, Jiancheng ^a,b   Chen, Kaihua ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Determinants; Innovation efficiency; National innovation systems; Network data envelopment analysis; OECD countries; Partial least squares regression

Indexed keywords

DETERMINANTS; INNOVATION EFFICIENCY; NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS; OECD COUNTRIES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 81855176010     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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