1Associate Professor, University of Aegean, Department of Geography, Greece
2Assistant Professor, University of Aegean, Department of Sociology, Greece
3University of Glasgow, Department of Economics, United Kingdom
4Lecturer, University of Aegean, Department of Sociology, Pamfilis 17, 81100, Mytilene, Greece
Online published on 26 September, 2013.
Innovation activities contribute essentially to the regional dimension of growth. Technological infrastructure and innovation capabilities affect not only regional growth, but also the economy as a whole. Research and Development (R&D) and technical change are both directly related to industrial infrastructure conditions, modernization process, productivity levels, and regional socio-economic growth. In the last decades, new measures and indices have been introduced regarding R&D expenditure, innovation activities, patents etc., namely estimating innovation inputs and outputs. However, there are a lot of problems and questions regarding the measurement of innovation activities at regional level. This paper attempts to analyse the framework of innovation statistics, particularly examining the specific issues and perspectives regarding statistical methods applied in innovation activities estimation.
Growth, Innovation Activities, Statistical Methods
