Ranking of selected countries in terms of the efficiency of research institutions and the industry sector in the production of high technology

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Katayoun  Aalami ¹ (Ph.D. candidate in Management of Technology, Department of management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Mohammadali  Keramati ² ((Corresponding Author), Associate Professor Faculty member, Department of Industrial management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Ghasem  Tohidi ³ (Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, majoring in Operations Research, Department of Mathematic, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2023-06-07 Accepted : 2023-09-05 Published : 2023-09-17

Keywords: innovation, educational attainment, Network data envelopment analysis, High Technology, national IQ,

Abstract :

The production of high technology is particularly attractive for countries due to the added value it creates. The research institution and the industry sector are among the sectors that have an impact on the production of high technology, and measuring their efficiency is very important. This research seeks to evaluate the efficiency of countries with a national IQ above 85 in the production of high technology, considering the capabilities that are based on human capital, such as innovation, educational attainment, and national intelligence. The current research is quantitative and descriptive in terms of method and applied. In terms of the time horizon, it is cross-sectional and in terms of the method of data collection, it is library-based and by referring to official international portals such as the World Bank. In order to rank countries, identify super-efficient countries and improve the efficiency of high technology production, a two-stage chain for the production of high technology has been considered by using the network data coverage analysis method. In the first stage of this chain, the research institution with the inputs of the number of research and development researchers (human capital index) and the amount spent on research and development, and in the second stage, there is the industry sector with foreign direct investment inputs, the number of patent applications (innovation index) and the number of scientific articles (educational attainment index) of each country. The findings show that 12 countries out of 56 countries are efficient in the production of high technology.