Ceris-CNR Working paper
02/2003
AN APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT
OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE BASED
ON THE INTENSITY OF INNOVATION
Aprile 2003
Abstract
The economics of innovation presents a lot of taxonomies of innovation. This research introduces the scale of innovative intensity (SIIN) based on a meta-taxonomy that subsume other, less comprehensive taxonomy. The SIIN is similar to the seismic scale of Mercalli used for measuring the intensity of earthquakes. This scale is used for a theoretical framework of measurement based on the economic impact of the technological innovation on the economic system. The theory is applied on some case studies from agricultural mechanisation and ICT industries and the results show as the Internet innovation has a higher economic impact than farm tractors.
Keywords: Technometrics, Technological Change,
Innovation Intensity, Economic Impact, Innovation Waves, Innovation Patterns
Jel Classification: D00, L20, O10, O30, O33
Whatever errors there may be remain my sole responsibility, I wish to thank Antonelli Cristiano (University of Turin, Italy), Archibugi Daniele (Cnr Rome, Italy), Erbetta Fabrizio (University of the Eastern Piedmont of Novara, Italy), Malerba Franco (Bocconi Univerity, Milan, Italy), Rolfo Secondo (Ceris-Cnr Turin, Italy), Saviotti Pierpaolo (INRA, France), Sirilli Giorgio (Cnr Rome, Italy), Vitali Giampaolo (Ceris-Cnr Turin, Italy) for their help in various ways. We are grateful to Italian ISTAT and Network Wizards form making available some of the data used in this paper.
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* Mario Coccia
(Ceris-Cnr)
National Research Council of Italy
Ceris-Cnr - Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth
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