On Typical National and Regional Innovation Indexes

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	Regionalistica 2019 Volume 6 number 3 pages 42-65

Title of the article	On Typical National and Regional Innovation Indexes
Pages	42-65
Author	Domnich Yegor Leonidovich Ph.D. in economics, senior research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract	The paper discusses the analytical capabilities of composite indicators as a means of measuring and classifying national and regional economies by the level of their innovative development. We analyze the theory and methodology of national and regional innovation indexes with the emphasis on the most cited (typical) ones. On the example of innovation development ratings of Russia, China and the United States, the limitations of economic interpretation of multicomponent composite indicators of innovation are considered. We pay special attention to the problem of bias, compensatory and separability of such indicators. Due to that we substantiate methodological inconsistency of regional innovation indexes of Russia, which give contradictory estimates in relation to regions with an average level of accumulated potential.
Code	330.3+311.3+332.1
DOI	10.14530/reg.2019.3.42
Keywords	national economy ♦ regional economy ♦ composite indicators ♦ innovation index
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For citation	Domnich Y.L. On Typical National and Regional Innovation Indexes. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2019. Vol. 6. No. 3. Pp. 42–65. DOI: 10.14530/reg.2019.3.42. (In Russian).
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