摘要： This paper applies the distance function approach for stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to compare research and development (R&D) efficiency across 24 nations during 1998–2005. In this multiple input–output framework, R&D expenditure stock and R&D manpower were inputs, while patents, scientific journal articles, and royalties and licensing fees (RLF) were outputs. Intellectual property rights protection, technological cooperation among business sectors, knowledge transfer between business sectors and higher education institutions, agglomeration of R&D facilities, and involvement of the government sector in R&D activities significantly improve national R&D efficiency. 其他題名： Bulletin of Economic Research 出版者： Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 出版日期： 2014-01 出處： Bulletin of economic research, 2014-01, Vol.66 (1), p.55-71 資源來源： Wiley Online Journals ** 版權： 2011 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd 版權： Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Jan 2014 識別號： ISSN: 0307-3378 識別號： EISSN: 1467-8586 識別號： DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2011.00417.x
