Innovationspolitik konzentriert sich traditionell auf die Erstellung von Innovationen und somit auf die Angebotsseite. In Deutschland und Europa ist erst in jüngster Zeit eine neue intensive politische Diskussion über Innovationspolitik in Gang gekommen, die die Blickrichtung umkehrt und an...

The paper discusses demand and demand conditions for innovation as well as demand based policies for innovation in the context of the EU CEE countries. Far from regarding demand policies as a simplistic silver bullet, this paper argues that the EU CEEC catch up process could potentially be...

The overarching aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of how the main target variable of innovation policy - change in behaviour - can be better conceptualised and put into practice in evaluation and policy making. The paper first develops a theoretical framework of the...

This paper characterises and analyses evaluation practice in national innovation policy across Europe. It is the first study that examines and interprets the characteristics, quality, usefulness, and consequences of evaluations in a systematic way. The analysis is based on the comprehensive...