Research and Technology in Bulgaria -Challenges both for Policy and Economic Actors

Chobanova, Rossitsa (2006): Research and Technology in Bulgaria -Challenges both for Policy and Economic Actors. Published in:

Abstract

The paper discuss the role and importance of R&D in Bulgaria’s economy, summarizing the challenges both for policy and economic as follow: Increasing internal demand for domestic R&D activities and outcomes, mainly the business demand; Increasing foreign demand for domestic R&D activities and outcomes; Increasing the quality of R&D potential and quantity of R&D personnel. Among possible directions for increasing the Bulgarian R&D and economic cooperation in South Eastern Europe identified is increasing the hi-tech import from European and other world technology leaders as a condition for increasing of the volume and quality of specific areas of R&D and economic activities in the country, which may lead to increasing Bulgarian export and intensifying regional R&D and economic integration.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: research and development,technology, policy, challenges, actors
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences ; Diffusion Processes; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy

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