"The Theory and Practice of Innovation Policy: An International Research Handbook" ed. by Ruud E. Smits, et al.

This book explores the interactions between the practice, policy, and theory of innovation. The goal is twofold: to increase insight into this dynamic process, searching for options to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of both policy and innovative practice, and to identify conceptual or empirical lacunae and questions that can guide future research.

This volume is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on innovation systems and innovation policy. It gives the reader a strong grip on the latest thinking in the field on both sides of the Atlantic, while at the same time providing a solid grounding in the classics.

Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction. A Systemic Perspective: The Innovation Policy Dance
I. Driving forces of innovation practice, theory and policy
2. Inside the Public Scientific System: Changing Modes of Knowledge Production
3. The Changing Role of the Firm
4. Globalisation and Innovation Systems: Policy Issues
II. Evolution of the innovation systems perspective
5. Rationales for Public Policy Intervention in the Innovation Process: Systems of Innovation Approach
6. Functionality of Innovation Systems as a Rationale for and Guide to Innovation Policy
7. Reflections on the Co-evolution of Innovation Theory, Policy and Practice: The Emergence of the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems
III. Ongoing and new issues of innovation policy
8. Innovation and Small and Midsize Enterprises: Innovation Dynamics and Policy Strategies
9. Co-evolution of Intellectual Property Protections and Innovation; The Case of'Continuation' Patents in the United States
10. The Use of the Regulatory Framework for Innovation Policy
11. Innovation, Defence and Security
12. Demand-Based Innovation Policy
13. Managing the Soft Side of Innovation: How do Practitioners, Researchers and Policymakers Deal with Service Innovation?
14. The Evolution of Innovation Paradigms and their Influence on Research, Technological Development and Innovation Policy Instruments
IV. New dynamics in the innovation policy dance
15. Innovation and Inequality
16. The Role of Technology Assessment in Systemic Innovation Policy
17. A System-Evolutionary Approach for Innovation Policy
18. An Outlook on Innovation Policy, Theory and Practice
Index

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