Διαστάσεις καινοτομίας και οικονομική ανάπτυξη στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση

Γκολές, Κωνσταντίνος

Innovation dimensions and economic growth in the European Union

Master Thesis

Author

Γκολές, Κωνσταντίνος

Date

2022-05

Abstract

The European Union (EU) recognizes that an economy must work for the benefit of citizens and the planet, with concerns about the climate, the environment and the technological progress. The European Green Deal is EU's new growth strategy. It puts sustainability and the well-being of citizens at the center of its action, bringing together four (4) complementary parameters: Environmental sustainability, Productivity gains, macro-economic Stability and Fairness. At the core of this approach is an industrial strategy with a strong foundation in the Single Market that enables European businesses to innovate and to develop new technologies. Moving towards a sustainable economic model, thanks to digital and clean technologies, can make Europe a pioneer of transformation. The EU believes that future revenue and employment growth in Europe will depend to a large extent on productivity and innovation growth. Achieving higher productivity requires a systematic and forward-looking strategy for research and innovation. In addition, the financial sector in Europe needs to better support innovation and investments in the economy, as higher productivity and innovation cannot be achieved without a far reaching investment in education and skills development. Within the context of all these strategic economic policy objectives and priorities set out above, the European Union uses the annual European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) to assess comparatively the research and innovation performance of the Member States of the Union, as well as the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research and innovation systems. The EIS 2021 report is the first edition published using the revised measurement framework, including new indicators capturing digitalisation and sustainable innovation. The new EIS measurement framework distinguishes between four (4) main types of activities, capturing twelve (12) innovation dimensions and a total of thirty-two (32) different indicators. And the relevant research question is formulated as which of the dimensions of the revised Innovation Scoreboard affect, positively or negatively, the economic well-being of the citizens of the States of the European Union. The results of the analysis, which are based on 28 European countries for the period of the last decade, provide us with indications of the positive and statistically significant impact on gross domestic product per capita of the dimensions related to the knowledge spillover & attractive research systems, the availability of venture capital, the skills in Information and Communication Technologies, the product innovations, the knowledge-intensive services and the environmental sustainability.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Οικονομική και Επιχειρησιακή Στρατηγική

Department

Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Οικονομικής Επιστήμης

Number of pages

453

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/14373
http://dx.doi.org/10.26267/unipi_dione/1796

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