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Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722776
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Institutions and Regulations in Innovation Systems: Effects, Problems and Innovation Policy Design
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
Institutions (including regulations) are constitutive elements of innovation systems, and therefore cornerstones of innovation policy. Focusing on (soft and hard) regulation, the paper identifies the most salient regulatory areas from the perspective of the innovation system. When asking about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098758
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Why Pre-Commercial Procurement is notInnovation Procurement
Edquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012
In 2006 the European Commission introduced the concept of "Pre-Commercial Procurement" as an instrument to promote innovation and to mitigate grand challenges. One of the main motivations for the support of Pre-Commercial Procurement schemes was to use public needs as a driver for innovation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643166
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Innovation Policy for Knowledge Production and R&D: the Investment Portfolio Approach
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
Who produces scientific and technical knowledge these days? What type of knowledge is being produced and for what purposes? Why are firms and governments funding research and development? This chapter studies the role of knowledge production (especially R&D activities) in the innovation process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945042
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Striving Towards a Holistic Innovation Policy in European Countries - But Linearity Still Prevails!
Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this article, with discussions of what it is, why it is relevant, and how it can be implemented to enhance product innovation. It is shown that the innovation systems approach has diffused rapidly during the latest decades and has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945050
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Efficiency of Research and Innovation Systems for Economic Growth and Employment
Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this paper, and it is discussed what it is, why it is relevant and how it can be implemented. One of the main conclusions is that the innovation policies in European countries are still linear (and not holistic), in spite of the fact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778810
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Do Technology Diffusion Theories Explain the OSS Business Model Adoption Patterns ?
Koski, Heli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
This paper addresses the question of the software companies timing of adoption of the open source software (OSS) business models comprising the supply of OSS products and/or services. The game-theoretic technology adoption models do not explain well the observed diffusion patterns of the OSS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818351
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Mobility of ideas for innovation: The role of inventor-specific knowledge flows
Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2015
words, the larger the knowledge pool of an inventor entering (leaving) the firm, the more the firm’s innovation performance … pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering such that the mobility of an inventor to a firm increases its innovation performance but … the mobility of an inventor from a firm does not affect its innovation performance. We further find that particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115239
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Knowledge Complementarity of a Firm’s Internal and External R&D Capabilities
Koski, Heli; Svento, Rauli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014
We use data from over 1500 Finnish companies for the years 2006-2008 and 2008-2010 to explore complementarity of a firm’s R&D strategy with its external knowledge acquisition and innovation collaboration strategies. We define knowledge complementarity (tacit knowledge complementarity) of R&D...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987362
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The Impact of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations on Firm Growth
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Martikainen, Olli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566055