Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy …

This paper intends to discuss the road ahead for the Brazilian innovation policies. To do so, it provides an overview … review of Brazilian literature on evaluation of innovation policies, the document also presents the main achievements and … challenges that have arisen as a result of efforts to encourage innovation in the Brazilian economy, and also presents some …

public procurement tenders. However, there is no direct or broad empirical evidence on its innovation impact. There are even … doubts about its effectiveness as an innovation policy tool, as it does not require innovations as part of its contracts and …

This paper examines Brazil's position in research, technology transfer and innovation activities relative to peer … economies and a selected group of developed countries. It reviews the governance of the research and innovation systems, the … discussions from a national seminar on Brazil's innovation policies, the paper identifies key outstanding challenges to foster a …

This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants …’ awareness against a blanket increase in innovation policies without considering potential interactions. …

From a firm’s perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand …, innovative performance is an important driver of profitability and growth. On the other hand, investments in innovation suffer …