The relationship between investments in research and development (R&D) and innovative behavior, measured in terms of new products or services being delivered to the market, is well documented in the literature. This paper departs from the extant literature in that the unit of observation is a country rather than a firm. Using World Bank aggregate data, this level of analysis thus allows for a systematic study of cross-country observations on an R&D ➔ Innovation relationship.

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研发投资和创新行为：一项探索性的跨国研究

研究与开发 (R&D) 投资与创新行为之间的关系（以向市场提供的新产品或服务来衡量）在文献中有详细记载。本文与现有文献的不同之处在于，观察单位是国家而不是公司。使用世界银行的汇总数据，这种级别的分析允许对跨国观察的研发➔创新关系进行系统研究。