This volume contains a collection of papers all concerned with the exploration of economic and social dynamics in relation to the innovation process and its outcomes. This theme is firmly rooted in the Schumpeterian tradition in which an economic perspective is mutually embedded in a wider...

An introduction to innovation and policy / Louise Earl and Fred Gault -- What do we know about innovation and socio-economic change? : lessons from the TEARI Project / Jan Fagerberg -- The role of benchmarks and targets in Canadian innovation policy / Surendra Gera, Richard Roy and Thitima...

"Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not...