La innovación tecnológica como variable determinante en la competitividad de los paises

• Autores: Mónica García-Ochoa y Mayor, Nuria Bajo Davó, María Luisa Blázquez de la Hera
• Localización: Revista de economía mundial, ISSN 1576-0162, Nº 31, 2012, págs. 137-166
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    El presente trabajo lleva a cabo un análisis sobre la existencia y características de clusters de innovación tecnológica en 57 economías del mundo, estudiando al mismo tiempo si la pertenencia a un grupo o cluster, explica las diferencias de competitividad entre dichas economías.

    Para ello, se ha realizado un estudio empírico que se apoya en los indicadores de innovación tecnológica publicados en el Global Competitiveness Report (CGR) 2009-2010 (WEF, 2009) y en el Índice de Competitividad que elabora el International Institute for Management Developmet (IMD, 2010).

    Los resultados muestran la existencia de cinco grupos de países caracterizados por diferentes niveles de innovación tecnológica y de competitividad.

    En segundo lugar, se realiza un análisis de regresión para examinar la relación entre las variables de innovación tecnológica y la variable de competitividad, los resultados revelan que dicha relación es positiva.

  • English

    This article carries out an analysis on the existence and characteristics of technological innovation clusters on 57 economies worldwide, and explores if differences in competitiveness among these economies can be explained by their belonging to a group or cluster.

    For that purpose, we have conducted an empirical study based on technological innovation indicators included in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2009-2010 (WEF, 2009) and in the Competitiveness Index published by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD, 2010). The results indicate the existence of five groups of countries characterized by different levels of technology innovation and competitiveness.

    We have also conducted a regression analysis in order to evaluate the relationship between variables of technological innovation and competitiveness.

    The results show a positive relationship.

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