National Innovation, Indicators and Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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This book takes stock of what is known about the process of innovation and its effects, and the policy interventions that influence both. It provides insights into future research required to support evidence-based policy-making and makes clear the need to take a systems approach to the analysis of innovation, its outcomes and its impacts. The contributors explore the fact that economic theory, statistical measurement and the need to achieve targets are combining to shift policy focus towards the economic and social impacts of innovation. This is forcing economists and statisticians to look for new measures, indicators, and analytical frameworks to support the public policy debate and the implementations of change necessary for success. The book emphasizes the importance of linkages and communities of practice in measuring and analyzing innovation, and focuses on:the importance of social sciences as well as natural sciences to the activity of innovation.policy-relevant discussions on the measurement gaps in the activity of innovationquantitative results of analysis relating to the output of innovation activitiestheoretical frameworks and concepts for measurement of the activity of innovation suggestions for new measurement directions for the activity of innovation which will lead into an international forum to discuss indicator development at the OECD over the next decade.Illustrating that the expectations of innovation policies are being raised, this book will prove fascinating reading for policy analysts, economists, academics and students with an interest in innovation, industrial dynamics and science and technology.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-08-29
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781845422875

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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