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The paper looks at conceptual frameworks in science studies and science policy, and at the narratives involved. It is based on the work conducted over the last ten years on science policy and science statistics. The first section offers a brief tour d’horizon on the frameworks developed over...
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The paper presents the outcomes of the expert group “The transition from fostering innovation to innovation … detailed analysis of the state of art of the Russian innovation sphere and proposed recommendations on the choice of strategic … with adequate responding to the rapidly changing global trends, significant gaps between the main actors of the innovation …
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ability of an economy to achieve 'Beyond-GDP' Goals. 'High-road strategies' are based on advanced skills, innovation …
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Firms increasingly rely upon external actors for their innovation process. Interaction with these actors may occur … analyses the reasons why firms consider it to be important to develop formal and informal external linkages in the innovation … substitutive relationship might exist between formal and informal linkages. Data come from the Third Community Innovation Survey …
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economies and, in light of the predictions of endogenous growth models, suggests that technological innovation is the only way … of innovation policies by studying a broad set of Science and Technology (S&T) indicators for the BICs, trying in this …
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concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of around 1,300 UK SMEs. The results suggest that firms …
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This paper aims to identify factors that relate to scientists’ propensity to make commercially significant scientific discoveries (inventions) and to describe how these inventions are commercialized. Based on a large survey of academics active in different fields of science at U.S....
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Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …
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" to "universities of innovation." Policy makers and universities themselves see that one of their major roles is … supporting industrial innovation and thus economic growth. We argue that this rests on a mis-cconception of the nature of … innovation and the value of universities. We argue that a more appropriate function for this institution is as the "university of …
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Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for …
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