This paper focuses on the systems-of-innovation (SI) approach and its policy implications. It introduces the topic by … the innovation process and the division of labour between private and public actors in carrying out SI activities. In this … context, the paper argues that the notion of optimality is irrelevant in an innovation system context and it discusses the …

1. Convergence, catching up, institutions, and growth -- 2. Systems of innovation and economic development -- 3 …. Industrial and technology policy -- 4. Building blocks of innovation -- 5. Building systems of innovation : three phases and … three cases -- 6. Developing countries : four cases -- 7. Regional systems of innovation : four cases. …