• DocumentCode
    2746708
  • Title

    A cluster-based approach for the innovation assessment of countries

  • Author

    Onsel, Sule ; Ulengin, Fusun ; Kaba, Ozgur

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Ind. Eng., Dogus Univ., Istanbul
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    28-30 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    In this paper, 100 countries investigated by World Economic Forum are analyzed and compared according to their innovation and technological readiness related criteria for 2004 and 2007 respectively. In total, 15 criteria taken into consideration. The countries are clustered to find their respective position in terms of innovation and technological readiness. In order to improve the accuracy of the cluster analysis and to reduce the subjectivity, a combination of hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering is used.
  • Keywords
    innovation management; macroeconomics; statistical analysis; cluster analysis; clustering methods; hierarchical clustering; innovation assessment; technological readiness; world economic forum; Companies; Economics; Educational products; Humans; Information technology; Macroeconomics; Outsourcing; Problem-solving; Production; Technological innovation; Clustering Methods; Technological Innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Management Conference, 2008. IEMC Europe 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Estoril
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2288-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2289-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617980
  • Filename
    4617980