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Azimi N A, Samandar Ali Eshtehardi M, Fakhremoosavi E. The Efficiency of the National Innovation System of Iran and Selected Countries. QJER 2021; 21 (2) :117-149
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The Efficiency of the National Innovation System of Iran and Selected Countries
Naser Ali Azimi1 , Mojgan Samandar Ali Eshtehardi * 2, Elham Fakhremoosavi3
1- Assistant Professor of Economics, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor of Economics, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran , samandarali.nrisp@google.com
3- Research Assistant of Department of Economics, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP), Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (2619 Views)
Today, paying attention to innovation in achieving economic growth and development is of great importance for researchers and policymakers. Thus, this study investigates the efficiency of the national innovation system of Iran in comparison with the countries subject to the 2046 Vision of Iran as well as China and South Korea (as two successful countries in technology catching-up policies). The study uses a two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) over the period 2011-2016. Moreover, a Tobit model is employed to study the impact of environmental factors on the efficiency of the national innovation system. Findings indicate that Iran's national innovation system is inefficient. Although the efficiency trend in the stage of creating inventions and originalities shows a positive slope, when it enters the commercialization stage, the system operates very weekly. To increase the efficiency of the national innovation system, improving the governance indicators and university-industry collaboration are among the most effective policies proposed in this research.
Keywords: National Innovation System, Two-stage data envelopment analysis, Creation of innovations and originalities, Commercialization of inventions and originalities, Tobit model
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Innovation Techonological change
Received: 2020/09/12 | Accepted: 2020/12/5 | Published: 2021/06/20
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