A simple index of innovation with complexity

被引：23

作者：

Fernandez Donoso, Jose ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Desarrollo, Fac Econ & Negocios, Ave Plaza 680, Santiago, Chile

来源：

JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS | 2017年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

Innovation; Innovation Output; Intellectual Property; Patents; Complexity; Technology; TRADE; PATENTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.joi.2016.10.009

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

Patents are the main source of data on innovation. Since most of the innovative activity happens outside of the patenting system, and since patents and innovations- have different quality, complexity, and impact on each market, unweighted sums of patents and proxies are an imperfect indicator of a country's innovative activity. I generate two very simple indices of innovation (one dependent on the size of a country, and another that normalizes country-size), based on weighting patents and exports by a complexity measure. Each index captures the technological complexity of innovations inside and outside the intellectual property rights system. I empirically analyze the rankings of these innovation indices, and contrast the results with technological development, GDP, and the existing mainstream innovation index. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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