Four dangers in innovation policy studies – and how to avoid them

By Kieron Flanagan, Elvira Uyarra. 2016

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations

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From market fixing to market-creating: a new framework for innovation policy (2016, background): “…evolutionary focus on the co-evolution of those processes creating variety between economic agents and the competitive selection process that winnows in on that variety, means that an evolutionary perspective on policy must consider adaptation (Witt 2003, and Flanagan and Uyarra 2016, this issue).”
Innovation policy: What, why, and how (2017, background): “10 This is known to be challenging to achieve, as it tends to conflict with the established structures, practices, and routines in public administration (Flanagan et al. , 2011; Flanagan and Uyarra, 2016).”
Mission impossible? Entrepreneurial universities and peripheral regional innovation systems (2016, background): “Another limitation of the innovation policy literature is a lack of focus on path dependence and subsequent levels of inertia within public policy (Flanagan and Uyarra 2016, this issue).”
Public procurement, innovation and industrial policy: Rationales, roles, capabilities and implementation (2020, background): “Actors implementing policies ‘on the ground’ are more likely to possess the skills and practical knowledge necessary to understand place-specific problems and the context in which their solution will have to be implemented (Ansell et al., 2017; Flanagan and Uyarra, 2016).”
Effectiveness of technology transfer policies and legislation in fostering entrepreneurial innovations across continents: an overview (2019, background): “2009; Isenberg 2010; Audretsch and Link 2012; Grilli 2014; Flanagan and Uyarra 2016; Cuff and Weichenrieder 2017; Gorsuch and Link 2018; Link and van Hasselt 2019).”