Does culture still matter?: The effects of individualism on national innovation rates |
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Authors: | Mark Zachary Taylor Sean Wilson |
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Institution: | 1. Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 781 Marietta St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0610, FedEx/UPS Zip 30318, United States;2. Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States |
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Abstract: | Does a society's culture affect its rate of inventive activity? This article analyzes several independent datasets of culture and innovation from 62 countries spanning more than two decades. It finds that most measures of individualism have a strong, significant, and positive effect on innovation, even when controlling for major policy variables. However, the data also suggest that a certain type of collectivism (i.e. patriotism and nationalism) can also foster innovation at the national level. Meanwhile, other types of collectivism (i.e. familism and localism) not only harm innovation rates, but may hurt progress in science worse than technology. |
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Keywords: | Schwartz GLOBE science technology patents |
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