The paper outlines a systemic based approach to policy learning – to the development of policy making capabilities and competences – and the role of social science and related policy analysis to the policy making process. The accompanying essay, Hauknes and Koch (R-18-2003), outlined some...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The main objective of Good Practices in Nordic Innovation Policies has been to develop a survey and an analysis of Nordic innovation policy instruments that directly or indirectly are targeting small and medium sized enterprises. The project is to provide Nordic policy makers with information to...

The STEP-group has been asked by Technopolis to provide information on the User oriented involvement of the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The information is to be used by the team evaluating the Research Council of Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research and Church...

STEP er blitt bedt om å utarbeide en rapport om nye virkemidler i andre land. I oppdragsbeskrivelsen heter det at man for et utvalg av sammenlignbare land ønskes klarlagt. Omfang og innretning av direkte virkemidler for innovasjon, næringsutvikling og internasjonalisering. Hvordan apparatet...

The main theme of this report - innovation processes in services - is a fascinating and stimulating subject. Further, it is a subject that is of vital importance to innovation studies in general and, moreover one that has implications for the overall development of industrial innovation...

Denne rapporten er en evaluering av Statens Nærings- og distriktsutviklingfonds (SND) bedriftsrettede tiltak, og i rapporten vi vil behandle de følgende temaene: SNDs målsettinger og virkemidler Historisk utvikling av næringspolitikk i Norge, og etableringen av SND Teoretiske og praktiske...

Current understanding of innovation and technical change emphasises the importance of the systemic dimensions to innovation performance. Being a basis for the innovation system approach for analysing innovation activities, this emphasises the need for understanding economic and technological...

Policies aimed at the mobility of researchers are an increasingly important element of science, technology and innovation policies. Perhaps the most visible indicator of this is the fact that ";Training and mobility of researchers"; is the most rapidly growing programme in the European...