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ИНОВАТИВНИ ЛИ СМЕ?
Are We Innovative?

Author(s): Krassimir Kerchev
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Институт за икономически изследвания при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: О14; О31; О32

Summary/Abstract: According to the General Innovation Index, the not large European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden) are among the leaders of innovativeness of the national economy. For the Europe scale, by number of population, area, representation in EU and other indicators, Bulgaria is in the same group, but it is considerably behind on degree of innovativeness. The article compares the innovativeness of Bulgaria with the not large European countries and the average EU level by dynamics and difference in the innovation activity. It classifies and groups the countries by the General Innovation Index. For showing the state and place of Bulgaria, EU and the not large European countries, the studies includes also USA and Japan.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 36-44
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian