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...

This paper discusses an increasingly important, yet challenging development, the international coordination of nationally rooted policies or funding schemes to support international collaboration in science and technology (S&T). It conceptualizes ways in which government ministries or agencies...

Examining the ‘who’ (agents), ‘how’ (policy instruments) and ‘why’ (societal legitimacy) of the governance process, this book presents a conceptual framework about the governance of change in socio-technical systems. Bridging the gap between disciplinary fields, expert contributions...

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...