Does standardization have an impact on innovation activity in different countries?

Urszula Mentel,Marzena Hajduk-Stelmachowicz

doi:10.21511/ppm.18(4).2020.39

Urszula Mentel, Marzena Hajduk-Stelmachowicz

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https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(4).2020.39

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Abstract

Nowadays, innovation and standardization are very important issues. The aim of this paper was to review the relationship between the components of the Summary Innovation Index (SII) according to the European Innovation Scoreboard and the features that determine the innovation level in 35 countries (taking into account the number of the following certificates: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 50001, ISO 22000, ISO 13485) in 2017. The innovation ranking was created for these countries, considering the fact of certification for compliance with the ISO requirements. In this paper, an attempt was made to determine whether countries with very low innovation activity (performance) are at the same time characterized by a very low level of saturation with globally recognized ISO certificates, which confirm the implementation, functioning and improvement of selected types of management systems. The conclusions from the study are as follows: 1) standardization can be seen as an innovation tool; 2) as the number of ISO 9001 certificates increases, the number of ISO 14001 certificates (per the population of 100,000 people) also increases; 3) as the number of ISO 13485 certificates increases, the value of the SII also becomes higher. The features are modelled at 70%; 4) the weakest relationship can be observed between the SII and the ISO 9001 certification; 5) Switzerland obtained the highest mean value set for the innovation index proposed in the study, suggesting that the country can be considered the innovation leader of 2017 from among the countries investigated. The last (35th) place in the ranking was occupied by Ukraine. Acknowledgement(s)The authors are thankful to The Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland for financial support to carry out this research.

Highlights

The aim of this paper was to review the relationship between the components of the Summary Innovation Index (SII) according to the European Innovation Scoreboard and the features that determine the innovation level in 35 countries in 2017
The conclusions from the study are as follows: 1) standardization can be seen as an innovation tool; 2) as the number of ISO 9001 certificates increases, the number of ISO 14001 certificates increases; 3) as the number of ISO 13485 certificates increases, the value of the SII becomes higher
The used methodology allows for the expansion of the indicators used so far, which refer to the innovative activity associated with standardization

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INTRODUCTION

Based on the assumptions of the Innovation Diffusion Theory (Rogers (2010) for a review), it can be assumed, by analogy, that implementation of other worldwide standards such as ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 50001, ISO 22000, ISO 13485 can be regarded as forms of innovation activities, innovations and new sources of innovations To understand this better, according to the Innovation Diffusion Theory, there are two types of participants in the process of innovation diffusion: one of them is the organization that is going to implement the innovation, while the second one involves everybody who is going to use the innovation (Rogers, 2010; Tornatzky & Klein 1982; Manders, 2014). Filling the research gap may provide a basis for a more in-depth analysis of the barriers or, alternatively, the reasons for a better position of individual countries in trade on the global market

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