Abstract
Open innovation has drawn significant attention over the years, and there is a growing body of literature that highlights the importance of considering this phenomenon at the national level. Less appreciated, however, is the radiative capability of national innovation systems (NIS) and the linking inbound and outbound processes. We provide a measurement of the dual innovation capability (DIC) of NISs based on process-oriented concepts by using a multi-indicator approach, which provides a more comprehensive picture of sectoral NISs compared to currently used metrics. To assess the DIC of NISs, a composite weighting method was used to obtain the score of our selection of 65 countries. The results show the spatio-temporal evolution of DIC from 2010 to 2018 and explore the interactions among sub-elements within the framework. The 65 countries were grouped into 4 categories based on the sub-dimension scores, and we provided 3 possible paths that can be chosen to improve DIC. The index provides a powerful tool to enrich research on innovation systems, guide national positioning, and optimize policies.
Highlights
With the increasing competition of global science and technology, more countries are enhancing their innovation performance to achieve high-quality economic development [1]
We provide a measurement of the dual innovation capability (DIC) of NISs based on the process-oriented concept by using a multi-indicator approach, which provides a more comprehensive picture of a sectoral national innovation system compared to currently used metrics
This study focused on the analytical understanding of how the DIC of NISs evolves over time and provides a case study of empirical measurement
Summary
With the increasing competition of global science and technology, more countries are enhancing their innovation performance to achieve high-quality economic development [1]. Cooperation among different innovation actors of various countries and regions has effectively improved innovation efficiency [2]. A variety of innovation indexes have been proposed to evaluate innovation capability and the effectiveness of governments’ interventions in the field of innovation at national or regional scales [3,4,5]. With the introduction of the national innovation system (NIS) in the late 1980s [6], a systematic perspective for measuring national innovation capability was provided [7,8,9,10], which was initially proposed as a concept for explaining the technological, economic, social and institutional dimensions of innovation in the context of advanced countries [11]. Academics and policymakers continue to seek better methods for evaluating national innovation capability
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