The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America

The systemic approach to innovation highlights the interrelationship between actors and institutions, but does not recognize the institutional complementarity. For that, this paper aims to design and assess an indicator of “institutional gear” as an element that recognizes the impact that an instit...

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Main Authors:	Borges-Quiñones, Marisol, Saucedo-Acosta, Edgar
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Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2018
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-8462020-08-24T17:27:49Z The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America El engranaje institucional como elemento del enfoque sistemático de la innovación en Latinoamérica Borges-Quiñones, Marisol Saucedo-Acosta, Edgar innovation systemic approach institutional gear. innovación enfoque sistémico engranaje institucional. The systemic approach to innovation highlights the interrelationship between actors and institutions, but does not recognize the institutional complementarity. For that, this paper aims to design and assess an indicator of “institutional gear” as an element that recognizes the impact that an institution has over another in the innovation process, and the relationship between institutional gear index and economic growth. Linear regression was used by considering GDP per capita of 17 Latin American economies for the 1980 to 2014 period. Variables such as the rate of entrepreneurial activity (REA) which measures population in- volved, the percentage of REA that a new product or service has, effective government, state rights, laws and stable links between university-companies were used. These were classified as outputs and inputs. The institutional gear design was suitable for recognizing the complementary between the institutions and their role in innovation processes, as well as establishing that the countries where they have greater institutional gear have higher economic growth. The results show that the Latin American countries must boost the institutional gear to strengthen their national innovation systems and thus achieve sustained economic growth, as that shown by most of the developed countries (European Union and the United States). El enfoque sistémico de la innovación resalta la interrelación de los agentes e instituciones, sin embargo, no reconoce la complementariedad institucional. El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo diseñar y evaluar un indicador del constructo de “engranaje institucional” como un elemento que reconoce el impacto que una institución tiene sobre otra en los procesos de innovación, así como examinar la relación existente entre el índice de engranaje institucional y el crecimiento económico. Se utilizó́ el método de regresión lineal, considerando el PIB per cápita de 17 países de América Latina en el periodo de 1980 a 2014. Se usaron variables como la tasa de actividades empresariales (TAE), que mide la población involucrada; el porcentaje de la TAE, que tiene un producto o servicio nuevo; gobierno efectivo, Estado de derecho, leyes estables; y vínculos entre universidad-empresa, siendo clasificados como productos e insumos. El diseño del indicador de engranaje institucional resultó adecuado para reconocer la complementariedad en las instituciones y su papel en los procesos de innovación, además de confirmar que los países en donde se tiene un mayor índice de engranaje institucional presentan un crecimiento económico superior. Los resultados muestran que los países latinoamericanos deben impulsar el engranaje institucional para fortalecer su sistema nacional de innovación, y así lograr un progreso económico sostenido, como el que presentan la mayoría de los países desarrollados (Unión Europea y los Estados Unidos). Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2018-01-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/xml https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/846 10.29059/cienciauat.v12i2.846 CienciaUAT; Vol. 12 No. 2: January-June 2018; 78-89 CienciaUAT; Vol. 12 No. 2: Enero-Junio 2018; 78-89 2007-7858 2007-7521 spa https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/846/421 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/846/477 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/846/640 Derechos de autor 2018 CienciaUAT
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title	The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America
title_short	The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America
title_full	The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America
title_fullStr	The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed	The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America
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description	The systemic approach to innovation highlights the interrelationship between actors and institutions, but does not recognize the institutional complementarity. For that, this paper aims to design and assess an indicator of “institutional gear” as an element that recognizes the impact that an institution has over another in the innovation process, and the relationship between institutional gear index and economic growth. Linear regression was used by considering GDP per capita of 17 Latin American economies for the 1980 to 2014 period. Variables such as the rate of entrepreneurial activity (REA) which measures population in- volved, the percentage of REA that a new product or service has, effective government, state rights, laws and stable links between university-companies were used. These were classified as outputs and inputs. The institutional gear design was suitable for recognizing the complementary between the institutions and their role in innovation processes, as well as establishing that the countries where they have greater institutional gear have higher economic growth. The results show that the Latin American countries must boost the institutional gear to strengthen their national innovation systems and thus achieve sustained economic growth, as that shown by most of the developed countries (European Union and the United States).
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
publishDate	2018
url	https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/846
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The institutional gear as an element of systemic approach to innovation in Latin America

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