Efficiency of Innovation Systems in Europe: An Institutional Approach to the Diversity of National Profiles |
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| Authors: | Hugo Pinto Tiago Santos Pereira |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Social Studies , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal;2. Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics , University of Algarve , Portugal;3. Centre for Social Studies , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Globalization did not create convergence to a unique economic model among countries. Even in developed countries, the answers to the pressures of markets underline the existence of a variety of capitalisms. The analysis of innovation systems, in particular at the national level, is adequate as a preliminary approach to understand the diversity of profiles and institutional architectures. The article benefits from the broader notion of national innovation system to understand the profiles of 15 European countries. By analysing central building blocks and institutional complementarities through the creation of indexes based on 64 variables and a cluster analysis, it was possible to understand the different levels of institutional efficiency in the analysed dimensions for the selected groups of countries. |
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