Does government support for private innovation matter? Firm-level evidence from two catching-up countries

Szczygielski K., Grabowski W., PAMUKCU M. T., Tandogan V. S.

RESEARCH POLICY, cilt.46, sa.1, ss.219-237, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.10.009
  • Dergi Adı: RESEARCH POLICY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-237
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Innovation, Manufacturing firms, Government support, Output additionality, EU Funds, Catching-up process, Technology followers, RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIES, DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, SECTORAL PATTERNS, TECHNOLOGY POLICY, TRANSITION, SCHEMES, ADDITIONALITY, PRODUCTIVITY, ENTERPRISES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Turkey and Poland are two technology-follower countries that represent a similar level of economic development. In recent years the governments in both countries sought to improve the innovation performance of companies by increasingly offering grants for innovation activities. We analyze the institutional frameworks in which these policies were formulated and implemented, and we assess their efficiency by looking at data from the 2010 innovation surveys. We find that government aid for R&D activities contributed to better innovation performance by firms in both countries. By contrast, EU-funded grants for physical and human capital upgrading in Poland were inefficient in fostering innovation; in fact they may have actually impeded it. Policy conclusions for what we call "technology-follower countries with relatively well-developed institutions" are suggested. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.