Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147415 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 16-072
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes and thereby "support policy-makers in establishing new or reinforced actions to remove bottlenecks that prevent innovators from translating ideas into products and services that can be successful on the market". This article aims to evaluate the usefulness of the new indicator against the background of the difficulties in measuring innovation outputs and outcomes. We develop a unique conceptual framework for measuring innovation outcomes that distinguishes structural change and structural upgrading as two key dimensions in both manufacturing and services. We conclude that the new indicator is biased towards a somewhat narrowly defined "high-tech" understanding of innovation outcomes. We illustrate our framework proposing a broader set of outcome indicators capturing also structural upgrading. We find that the results for the modified indicator differ substantially for a number of countries, with potentially wide-ranging consequences for innovation and industrial policies.
Subjects: 
Innovation Output
Innovation Outcome
Innovation Measurement
Structural Change
Structural Upgrading
EU 2020 Strategy
Innovation Policy
JEL: 
O25
O31
O38
O52
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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