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The choice of innovation policy insruments

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Summary, in English

The purpose of this article is to discuss the different types of instruments of innovation policy, to examine how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times have used these instruments differently, to explore the political nature of instrument choice and design (and associated issues), and to elaborate a set of criteria for the selection and design of the instruments in relation to the formulation of innovation policy. The article argues that innovation policy instruments must be designed and combined into mixes in ways that address the problems of the innovation system. These mixes are often called “policy mix”. The problem-oriented nature of the design of instrument mixes is what makes innovation policy instruments ‘systemic’.

Department/s

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

1513-1522

Publication/Series

Technological Forecasting & Social Change

Volume

80

Issue

8

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Policy mix
  • innovation system
  • innovation policy instruments
  • governance
  • regulation
  • public policy.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0040-1625