Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non-optimal innovation policy. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how eventual pressures from national lobbies may lead governments to shift from an optimal into a non‐optimal innovation policy. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and...