Competitiveness of Countries in the World Innovation Economy: Central-Eastern Europe and Russia

Irina Rodionova

doi:10.2478/quageo-2013-0010

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Competitiveness of Countries in the World Innovation Economy: Central-Eastern Europe and Russia

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 32 (2013): Issue 2 (June 2013)

By: Irina Rodionova

Open Access

|Jul 2013

Abstract

The positions of countries of Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia are listed in ranking tables by aggregated indices which characterise the readiness of the countries to transfer their economies to innovative development. The connection between the use of information technologies and national economic development based on the innovative economy is established. The author characterises the positions of Russia and the new EU members in terms of international indices, including the Global Competitiveness Index.

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