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Continuing vocational training and innovation in Europe

Author(s) -

Teemu Makkonen,

Binshan Lin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of innovation and learning

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1741-8089

pISSN - 1471-8197

DOI - 10.1504/ijil.2012.047135

Subject(s) - vocational education , context (archaeology) , training (meteorology) , business , knowledge management , marketing , industrial organization , economic growth , economics , computer science , geography , archaeology , meteorology

This paper hypothesises that continuing vocational training (CVT) should have a positive effect on the innovativeness of nations. Using correlation analysis and several variables from the continuing vocational training survey (CVTS), which depicts various aspects of CVT, the hypothesis of a positive connection between CVT and innovation, as measured in patents, is confirmed in the European context: those nations where the commitment to CVT is the highest are also the most innovative countries in Europe. Consequently, investments and commitment to CVT, when properly planned and executed, have a positive effect on the innovativeness of firms and, subsequently, nations. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

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