Since the pioneer work of Weiss in 1979, the intricacy of the research-policy nexus has given rise to increasingly sophisticated and holistic models to account for the dynamics involved. From an innovation policy perspective, the use of research on innovation in policy-making has not been dealt...

Life sciences are the best developed area of academic research throughout Latin America. Biomedical research has been particularly successful. However, generally speaking, excellence in research has not been accompanied by commercially successful innovations, a pattern that differs from what has...