Analiza eficienţei activităţii de cercetare dezvoltare inovare prin metoda DEA

Roman, Monica and Suciu, Christina (2012): Analiza eficienţei activităţii de cercetare dezvoltare inovare prin metoda DEA. Published in: Studii şi Cercetări de Calcul Economic şi Cibernetică Economică , Vol. 46, No. 1-2/2012 : pp. 5-18.

Abstract

By this paper we intend to analyze the existing gap in the efficiency of R&D investment, at European level. The method employed in this respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The evaluation of the performance in R&D in European countries, in terms of technical efficiency (TE) thus constitutes the main goal of this research. Small European economies (i.e. Luxemburg and Sweden) have high levels of research efficiency, while some of the larger ones, namely, United Kingdom, France, and Spain, show lower TE scores. Romania is characterized by a very low rate of knowledge production, suggesting that they are still in the phase of imitating and replicating existing technologies, while only little effort made to innovate.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: THE EFFICENCY ANALYSIS OF R&D ACTIVITIES BY USING DEA
• Language: Romanian
• Keywords: R&D, Data Envelopment Analysis, technical efficiency
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C61 - Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic Analysis; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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