
National Innovation, Indicators and Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published on 29. August 2006
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-1-84542-287-5 (ISBN)
Description
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 innovation
quantitative results of analysis relating to the output of innovation activities
theoretical 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.
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 innovation
quantitative results of analysis relating to the output of innovation activities
theoretical 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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84542-287-5 (9781845422875)
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Persons
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
Content
Contents:
Preface
INTRODUCTION
1. An Introduction to Innovation and Policy
Louise Earl and Fred Gault
PART I: KNOWLEDGE, POLICY AND PRACTICE
2. What Do We Know About Innovation and Socio-economic Change? Lessons from the TEARI Project
Jan Fagerberg
3. The Role of Benchmarks and Targets in Canadian Innovation Policy
Surendra Gera, Richard Roy and Thitima Songsakul
PART II: INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINDINGS
4. Innovation in Enterprise Clusters: Evidence from Dutch Manufacturing
Bert Diederen, Pierre Mohnen, Franz C. Palm, Wladimir Raymond and Sybrand Schim van der Loeff
5. Innovation and Other Components of Growth in Canadian Technology Firms
Michael Bordt, Frances Anderson, Louise Earl, Charlene Lonmo and Tomas Gabriel Bas
6. Large and Small Firms and Intellectual Property: Protecting Software
Norhene Chabchoub and Jorge Niosi
PART III: CITIES, REGIONS AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
7. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go Next?
Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe
8. Innovation in Human/Social Guise
Susan A. McDaniel
PART IV: DESIGNING THE FUTURE
9. Rethinking Science and Technology Indicators for Innovation Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Anthony Arundel, Alessandra Colecchia and Andrew Wyckoff
10. Knowledge, Policy and Innovation
Luc Soete
CONCLUSION
11. Insights into Innovation, Indicators and Policy
Fred Gault and Louise Earl
Index
Preface
INTRODUCTION
1. An Introduction to Innovation and Policy
Louise Earl and Fred Gault
PART I: KNOWLEDGE, POLICY AND PRACTICE
2. What Do We Know About Innovation and Socio-economic Change? Lessons from the TEARI Project
Jan Fagerberg
3. The Role of Benchmarks and Targets in Canadian Innovation Policy
Surendra Gera, Richard Roy and Thitima Songsakul
PART II: INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT AND FINDINGS
4. Innovation in Enterprise Clusters: Evidence from Dutch Manufacturing
Bert Diederen, Pierre Mohnen, Franz C. Palm, Wladimir Raymond and Sybrand Schim van der Loeff
5. Innovation and Other Components of Growth in Canadian Technology Firms
Michael Bordt, Frances Anderson, Louise Earl, Charlene Lonmo and Tomas Gabriel Bas
6. Large and Small Firms and Intellectual Property: Protecting Software
Norhene Chabchoub and Jorge Niosi
PART III: CITIES, REGIONS AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
7. Innovation and Creativity in City-Regions: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go Next?
Meric S. Gertler and David A. Wolfe
8. Innovation in Human/Social Guise
Susan A. McDaniel
PART IV: DESIGNING THE FUTURE
9. Rethinking Science and Technology Indicators for Innovation Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Anthony Arundel, Alessandra Colecchia and Andrew Wyckoff
10. Knowledge, Policy and Innovation
Luc Soete
CONCLUSION
11. Insights into Innovation, Indicators and Policy
Fred Gault and Louise Earl
Index