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REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. ŠTEFÁNKOVÁ, S.
Original Title
New Indicators of Innovation Activity in Economic Growth Models
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
Our extensive literature review shows that innovations are fundamental to maintaining competitiveness at both micro-and macro-economic levels. In this study, we address how to improve the measurement of innovations and their impact on a country's competitiveness and economic growth. We provide an overview of indicators used to measure innovations and propose three new ones that are supposed to capture knowledge spillover: The Foreign Knowledge Inflow, Domestic Knowledge Outflow, and General Propensity to Patent. Innovation was proxied by the number of patent applications, which we supplemented with indexes measuring the origin of knowledge and its transfer. We employed the system GMM method on panel data of 56 countries for 2002-2019 to confirm and compare the informational value of standard innovation indicators and our indexes. Implementation of indexes revealed the counteracting impact of patenting on economic growth when the positive effect of innovation creation is weakened by knowledge disclosure. We provide evidence that a low propensity to patent facilitates growth. The impact of foreign knowledge on an economy is dependent on its technological capacity. The infusion of foreign knowledge boosts the growth of fast-growing economies but inhibits the growth of less technologically sophisticated ones. This supports our assumption that when researching the impact of innovations on economic growth, it is crucial to consider additional factors. Hence, index implementation appears to be the correct method.
Keywords
innovation; knowledge spillover; economic growth; generalized method of moments; propensity to patent
Authors
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M.; ŠTEFÁNKOVÁ, S.
Released
30. 9. 2022
Publisher
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Fakulta managementu a ekonomiky
Location
ZLIN
ISBN
1804-1728
Periodical
Journal of Competitiveness
Year of study
14
Number
3
State
Czech Republic
Pages from
153
Pages to
172
Pages count
20
URL
https://www.cjournal.cz/files/459.pdf
Full text in the Digital Library
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/208680
BibTex
@article{BUT180175, author="Mária {Režňáková} and Stanislava {Štefánková}", title="New Indicators of Innovation Activity in Economic Growth Models", journal="Journal of Competitiveness", year="2022", volume="14", number="3", pages="153--172", doi="10.7441/joc.2022.03.09", issn="1804-1728", url="https://www.cjournal.cz/files/459.pdf" }