Innovation policy has become tremendously differentiated. This is to some extent a consequence of a more systematic understanding of the innovation process as described in innovation system approaches (see Chaminade/Edquist 2008), which has led to a broad understanding of functions of innovation...

The paper discusses demand and demand conditions for innovation as well as demand basedpolicies for innovation in the context of the EU CEE countries. Far from regarding demand policiesas a simplistic silver bullet, this paper argues that the EU CEEC catch up process could potentiallybe...

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...