Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact

Edited by Jakob Edler, Managing Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany and Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy, University of Manchester, UK, Paul Cunningham, Senior Research Fellow, Abdullah Gök, University of Strathclyde and Philip Shapira, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK, and Georgia Institute of Technology, US

• Contents:1. Introduction: Making Sense of Innovation PolicyJakob Edler, Abdullah Gök, Paul Cunningham, and Philip Shapira2. The Impact of Fiscal Incentives for R&DPhilippe Larédo, Christian Köhler and Christian Rammer3. The Impact of Direct Support to R&D and Innovation in FirmsPaul Cunningham, Abdullah Gök and Philippe Larédo4. The Impact of Skill Formation Policies on InnovationBarbara Jones and Damian Grimshaw5. The Impact and Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship PolicyJohn Rigby and Ronnie Ramlogan6. The Impact of Technology and Innovation Advisory ServicesPhilip Shapira and Jan Youtie7. The Impact of Cluster Policy on InnovationElvira Uyarra and Ronnie Ramlogan8. The Impact of Innovation Policy Schemes for CollaborationPaul Cunningham and Abdullah Gök9. The Impact of Innovation NetworksPaul Cunningham and Ronnie Ramlogan10. The Impact of Policy Measures to Stimulate Private Demand for InnovationJakob Edler11. The Impact of Public Procurement of InnovationElvira Uyarra12. The Impact of Pre-Commercial Procurement on InnovationJohn Rigby13. The Impact of Innovation Inducement PrizesAbdullah Gök14. The Impact of Standardisation and Standards on InnovationKnut Blind15. The Impact of Regulation on InnovationKnut Blind16. The Impact of Technology Foresight on Innovation and Innovation PolicyJennifer Cassingena Harper17. The Innovation Policy MixPaul Cunningham, Jakob Edler, Kieron Flanagan and Philippe Larédo18. Conclusions: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Innovation Policy Intervention Jakob Edler, Philip Shapira, Paul Cunningham and Abdullah GökIndex

'This is a highly important and timely Handbook. Innovation is of growing importance for future growth and wellbeing, as the foundation for new businesses, jobs and productivity growth, to help address climate change and other global challenges, and as way to improving public services. But we still know too little about what drives innovation, and which policies can make innovation work. This Handbook is an important effort to fill this gap. It provides a systematic analysis of the evidence on a wide range of innovation policy instruments, ranging from fiscal incentives to R&D, to cluster policies, to pre-commercial procurement. It also explores the various policy rationales that underpin innovation policies and provides practical examples of a wide range of policies. The Handbook will be a highly valuable reference for academics and policy makers alike, in OECD countries and beyond. It will certainly be a key source for the work of the OECD on innovation and innovation policy, and will hopefully be the start of further work to strengthen the evidence base for innovation policies.'