National Innovation, Indicators and Policy

Edited by Louise Earl, Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division (SIEID), Statistics Canada, Canada and Fred Gault, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands, Professor Extraordinaire and Member of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

• Contents:PrefaceINTRODUCTION1. An Introduction to Innovation and PolicyLouise Earl and Fred GaultPART I: KNOWLEDGE, POLICY AND PRACTICE2. What Do We Know About Innovation and Socio-economic Change? Lessons from the TEARI Project Jan Fagerberg3. The Role of Benchmarks and Targets in Canadian Innovation PolicySurendra Gera, Richard Roy and Thitima SongsakulPART II: INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINDINGS4. Innovation in Enterprise Clusters: Evidence from Dutch Manufacturing Bert Diederen, Pierre Mohnen, Franz C. Palm, Wladimir Raymond and Sybrand Schim van der Loeff5. Innovation and Other Components of Growth in Canadian Technology FirmsMichael Bordt, Frances Anderson, Louise Earl, Charlene Lonmo and Tomás Gabriel Bas6. Large and Small Firms and Intellectual Property: Protecting SoftwareNorhène Chabchoub and Jorge NiosiPART III: CITIES, REGIONS AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS7. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go Next?Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe8. Innovation in Human/Social GuiseSusan A. McDanielPART IV: DESIGNING THE FUTURE9. Rethinking Science and Technology Indicators for Innovation Policy in the Twenty-First CenturyAnthony Arundel, Alessandra Colecchia and Andrew Wyckoff10. Knowledge, Policy and Innovation Luc SoeteCONCLUSION11. Insights into Innovation, Indicators and PolicyFred Gault and Louise EarlIndex