INNOVATION AND LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE: CAUSE AND EFFECTS.

The aim of the paper is to highlight mainly the connection between innovation performance and logistics performance, based on Eurostat data regarding the Summary Innovation Index for 2012 (SII 2012), logistic performance index (LPI). We analyzed data from 24 European countries (22 EU members) for which SII 2012 and LPI data were available. We expected to find a relevant influence of innovation on the logistic performance and quantify the effects of that influence (volume of goods transported by each transport mode, transport prices and motorization rate). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]