scholarly journals Do Government Policies Foster Environmental Performance Of Enterprises From CEE Region?

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Stefania Lewandowska
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country

In recent years, EU countries, including these from the Central Eastern European (CEE) region has recognised, that eco-innovation should be treated as strategic priority of their economies. The aim of this paper is to present a cross-country analysis of the connection between eco-innovation and its main drivers within firms from selected CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania) and Germany. The empirical part is based on micro-data for Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2006–2008. Based on the results of stepwise regression between main policy actions sustaining innovation activity and eco-innovation performance we can conclude, that financial support for innovation activities has a rather limited role in promoting eco-innovation. At the same time enterprises from the CEE region regard environmental regulations as the most important drivers of eco-innovation. In Germany, a country ranked in the highest category in the Eco-Innovation Scoreboard, the variety of forces that influence eco-innovation is much more wide-ranging. This indicates that government actions should take a broader look and lay the more general bases fostering the model of a green growth.

scholarly journals Assessment of the effectiveness of anti-COVID tax support for innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in OECD countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-86
Author(s):  
A. O. Shapovalova ◽  
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Yu. B. Ivanov ◽  
V. F. Tyschenko ◽  
V. V. Karpova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pension Contribution

The global economy has rebounded from the lows of 2020, but its recovery will depend on innovations. Therefore, it is important to identify the most effective tax support instruments for the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are used in the framework of anti-crisis economic policies in the OECD countries. It is suggested that tax incentives are the most effective tax instrument of all; the effectiveness of the profit tax benefit depends on the SME’s profitability; as to the social insurance and pension contribution, there is an allowable minimum of the rate, determined by the level of wages, that will stimulate innovation. To assess the effectiveness of tax support tools, the study used the methods of linear multivariate regression and simulation in Simulink. The source of information for regression analysis was the data published by the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It was concluded that the most effective measures of tax support are tax incentives, as well as deferred payment of social insurance and pension contributions. The 10% profit tax was shown to be optimal to stimulate innovation provided the company keeps the saved profit for development. For innovative SMEs, the minimum allowable contribution rate for social insurance and pension provision, which stimulates their innovative activities, is 12%. The results of modeling confirmed that the proposed threshold indicators for supporting SMEs’ innovation activity can be an effective tool for overcoming the consequences of the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INNOVATION, ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY, PUBLIC FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND DETERMINANTS OF THE INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE OF ENTERPRISE

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050038 ◽  
Author(s):  
DULCINEIA CATARINA MOURA ◽  
MARIA JOSÉ MADEIRA ◽  
FILIPE A. P. DUARTE
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Internal Sources

The aim of this paper is to better understand whether cooperation, absorptive capacity and public financial support for innovation activities, how they influence the innovative performance of Portuguese enterprise. The literature review focuses the importance of these three factors both drivers as the limiters process of business innovation, influencing the innovative performance of enterprise. Based on a review of the literature, hypotheses are formulated, which are tested with secondary data resources from the Community Innovation Survey 2010. This questionnaire was implemented under the supervision of EUROSTAT. The method used is the logistic regression model. The results obtained confirm that the implementation of cooperation with partners belonging to internal sources of business has a significant influence on the innovations achieved at the level of both products and processes.

scholarly journals Comparative Cross-Country Analysis of Sustainable Development of Russian Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 01011
Author(s):  
Vladimir Tsitlenok ◽  
Irina Roshсhina ◽  
Ekaterina Lisovskaya ◽  
Igor Krishtal ◽  
Elena Rozhanskaya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Integral Stability

This article addresses the phenomena of sustainable development of national economies driven by global inconsistency between nature resource intensive material production and severely limited natural resources. As a result, there is an increasing need for transition to global environmentally sound production. The article tests out the hypothesis about the mixed revolutionary and evolutionary nature of the sustainable development of the Russian economy. This type of sustainable development implies considerable fluctuations of its level depending on the scale and intensity of innovation activities. The results of the factor research and comparative cross-country analysis of the integral stability of the Russian economy are presented. The article provides the rationale for using more differentiated factors to rate national economies by the level of their dynamic sustainability. Dynamic sustainability factors that were identified made it possible to rate Russia’s economy among other national economies by the level of its sustainable development. The article suggests causes for the potential decrease in the sustainability of the Russian economy in the context of the deployment of the ‘Industry 4.0’ global production and technology platform. It also sets out conditions as well as measures to reduce the risks of considerably unbalancing functional systems of the Russian economy.

scholarly journals How is environmental performance associated with economic growth? A world cross-country analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpia Neagu ◽  
Doru Ioan Ardelean ◽  
Vasile Lazăr
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Power Parity ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Environmental Performance Index ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Cross Country

Abstract The aim of the paper is to explore the association between environmental performance and income level in the world economy in 2016. Data from Yale University and World Bank are used in a cross-country regression analysis comprising 166 countries. The gross Domestic Product per capita (based in purchased power parity, constant 2011 international dollars) in these countries is positively associated with the environmental performance index (EPI) calculated by Yale and Columbia University in 2016. Furthermore, the causality of this relationship is from GDP per capita to Environmental Performance and both Environmental Health (EH) and Ecosystem Vitality (EV) are positively associated with GDP per capita. Environmental Health (EH) is stronger related to GDP per capita, meaning that investments in public health, sanitation and infrastructure are increasing as countries develop.

scholarly journals Innovativeness of railway transport in the context of the development of tourism in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1691-1703
Author(s):  
Maciej Kozłowski ◽  
Marek Pawełczyk ◽  
Agnieszka Piotrowska-Piątek
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Passenger Rail ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Activity Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs

Abstract The article discusses the issue of innovation activities of companies in railway transport in Poland in the context of the development of tourism. Transport infrastructure and organization, along with economic, social, ecological and political factors, are the basic stimulators for the development of tourism. In literature on the subject, this problem is rarely discussed. This article is of a review and research nature. The aim of it is to consider the condition of innovativeness of railway transport companies in Poland in the context of its role in the development of tourism in Poland. To attain the goals of this research, a critical analysis of literature on the subject and desk research have been carried out, the latter drawing on the unpublished data of Statistics Poland, referring to Polish companies from section Transportation and storage, class Passenger rail transport, interurban (according to NACE rev.2). The data derive from the three latest editions of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). In the article, there was used data concerning: innovation activity, types of innovation, co-operation during innovative activity, importance of the source of information for innovation activity, importance of the reasons and barriers to not innovate. The data analysis reveals a rather low level of innovativeness of railway transport companies in Poland. In the authors’ opinion, this state of affairs is connected with historical and political factors: the structure and failed reforms in this sector and granting development priority to other branches of transport during the structural transformation in Poland.

scholarly journals Innovation immunity of Russian economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-365
Author(s):  
Oleg Yu. Krasilnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Aggregate Demand ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Internal Sources

Introduction. The article examines the general immunity of the Russian economy to innovation, which is inherent in it at the present stage. It is caused by a number of macro and microeconomic, as well as institutional factors. This was an important reason that did not allow us to achieve a number of ambitious economic goals set by the country’s leaders. Theoretical analysis. The review of empirical and statistical material confirms the negative trends that exist in Russian economy, associated with a decrease in the innovative activity of enterprises and organizations. Among the macroeconomic factors of innovation immunity of the Russian economy, the following are distinguished: a one-sided developed economic structure with a hypertrophied predominance of raw materials and energy-producing industries with a low added value of the final product; insufficient aggregate demand for innovation on the part of the state, firms and households, as well as the lack of investment resources for enterprises and organizations to implement innovation activities. Microeconomic factors of the Russian economy’s immunity to innovation are: lack of internal sources of financing from enterprises; the high cost of credit resources; lack of tax incentives and the lack of effective state support for innovation, especially at the level of small and medium-sized businesses. support for innovation, especially at the level of small and medium-sized businesses. Results. It is concluded that the support of innovation activity requires the protection of property rights, a fair tax and judicial system, the absence of administrative barriers and excessive regulation, the presumption of innocence of the entrepreneur, and general political and economic stability. At the present stage, it is necessary to develop a unified state strategy for innovative development, focused on increasing labor productivity and achieving sustainable economic growth, support innovation, especially at the level of small and medium-sized enterprises.

scholarly journals What Determines Firm’s Innovation? The Case of Catching-up CEE Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Michael Vávra ◽  
Gregor Vohralík ◽  
Viktor Prokop ◽  
Jan Stejskal
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Process Innovations ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Catching Up ◽  
A Value ◽  
Product Innovations ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to recognize significant innovation determinants on firms’ product, process, and overall innovation activity. Methodology/Approach: The source of data for the analysis is the Community Innovation Survey 2012-2014. If the company has implemented the relevant innovation activity, they acquire a value of 1, or, if the company has not performed a certain activity in the period, they reached 0. As the variables are binary, the logistic regression analysis was used. Findings: Based on the results from the analysis, we defined the proper determinants of firms’ innovation activities but unfortunately, firms are not able to achieve innovative outputs, specifically within CEE countries. This is due, among other things, to several factors such as different conditions in individual countries, different innovation policies at the national as well as company level, managerial approach (aversion) to risk, mistrust between the various actors, and many others. A typical example is the impact of internal R&D on firm innovations. While in the case of product innovations we found a significant positive impact, in the case of process innovations the impact was negative Research Limitation/Implication: We performed on outdated data and we did not make a comparison with countries from Western Europe. Originality/Value of paper: The paper analyses innovation determinants and it is importance for innovation activities within the CEE countries.

scholarly journals Substantiation the components of the state regulation potential realization assessment of enterprises innovative activity

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Maryna HOMON
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Support For Innovation ◽  
Tax Benefits

Introduction. Since it is necessary to increase the efficiency of innovation of enterprises, increase tax revenues to the state budget and reduce the level of losses of the state budget and innovation expenditures of enterprises, there is a need to assess the potential of state regulation for innovation as one of the priority areas of economic development. The purpose of the paper is to carry out the analysis and substantiation of components of an estimation of realization of potential of the state regulation of innovative activity representing indicators of expediency, efficiency and the introduced tools efficiency of the state regulation in innovative activity. Results. To analyze the feasibility, a forecast of the amount of lost budget revenues in the form of provided tax benefits was performed using trend analysis. On a positive note, the projected loss of budget revenues due to the operation of tax benefits, although high, is likely to decline. Given the target orientation of innovation benefits, the main criteria for their effectiveness are materiality for taxpayers (importance as a source of funding for innovation costs) and increase innovation activity. The change in tax benefits may well lead to an increase in tax revenues, tax benefits can have a positive impact on the formation of tax revenues, which is a confirmation of the effectiveness of tax benefits for the state. In order to qualitatively assess the effectiveness of tax benefits, it is necessary to put into practice the concept of tax costs, as well as to optimize the process of collecting and publishing information on the use of tax benefits. Conclusion. Thus, the components of the assessment of the realization of the potential of state regulation of innovation activities of enterprises in terms of providing tax benefits to the regulatory instrument, which reflects the principle of stimulating innovation, were analysed and substantiated. The evaluation of these components makes it possible to substantiate practical recommendations for increasing the level of potential of state regulation by reforming the methods and tools of state support for innovation of enterprises. It is determined that the provision of tax benefits in innovation has positive trends in the components of expediency and effectiveness, but the component of the effectiveness of tax benefits requires further research.

scholarly journals Innovation indicators based on firm websites—Which website characteristics predict firm-level innovation activity?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0249583
Author(s):  
Janna Axenbeck ◽  
Patrick Breithaupt
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Sample Mean ◽  
Random Forest Classification ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Forest Classification ◽  
Innovation Indicators

Web-based innovation indicators may provide new insights into firm-level innovation activities. However, little is known yet about the accuracy and relevance of web-based information for measuring innovation. In this study, we use data on 4,487 firms from the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP) 2019, the German contribution to the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), to analyze which website characteristics perform as predictors of innovation activity at the firm level. Website characteristics are measured by several data mining methods and are used as features in different Random Forest classification models that are compared against each other. Our results show that the most relevant website characteristics are textual content, the use of English language, the number of subpages and the amount of characters on a website. In our main analysis, models using all website characteristics jointly yield AUC values of up to 0.75 and increase accuracy scores by up to 18 percentage points compared to a baseline prediction based on the sample mean. Moreover, predictions with website characteristics significantly differ from baseline predictions according to a McNemar test. Results also indicate a better performance for the prediction of product innovators and firms with innovation expenditures than for the prediction of process innovators.

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