2000
Other Article
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings

Understanding the Drivers of National Innovative Capacity

By: Jeffrey L. Furman, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

Format:Print

Abstract

Motivated by R&D productivity differences across countries, we evaluate the determinants of country-level international patenting. Our framework is built on the concept of national innovative capacity. Our results suggest that (a) patenting is well-characterized by a small but nuanced set of observable economic factors that may be affected by public policy and (b) the OECD has experienced substantial convergence in national innovative capacity over the last quarter century.

Keywords

Economics; Growth and Development

Citation

Furman, Jeffrey L., Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Understanding the Drivers of National Innovative Capacity." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2000).