Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Linking Policy Research and Practice in "STIG Systems"

By Philippe Aghion, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray. 2008

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This paper reflects on the relevance of “systems-theoretic” approaches to the interdependent policy issues relating to the dynamics of science, technology and innovation and their relationship to economic growth. Considering the approach that characterizes much of the current economics literature’s treatment of technology and growth policies, we pose the critical question: what kind of systems paradigm is likely to prove particularly fruitful in that particular problem-domain? Evolutionary, neo-Schumpeterian, and complex system dynamics approaches are conceptually attractive, and we examine their respective virtues and limitations. Both qualities are readily visible when one tries to connect systems-relevant research with practical policy-making in this field.

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The market failure and the systemic failure rationales in technological innovation systems (2013, background): “…for government intervention in many innovation policy analyses that apply an IS framework (e.g. OECD, 1998; Bach and Matt, 2005; EC, 2009; Aghion et al., 2009).2 Other contributions within this framework, however, consider that the systemic failure rationale is actually the only valid…”
Do Green Jobs Differ from Non-Green Jobs in Terms of Skills and Human Capital? (2016, background): “The spectrum of possible actions is wide and encompasses options such as carbon prices, R&D subsidies and regulation, as well as many other routes for implementation (Aghion et al., 2009; Mowery et al, 2010).”
Human capital, R&D, trade, and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960–2001 (2010, background): “It is important to stress, however, that this is likely to reveal the fundamental complementarity between R&D investments and human capital in the process of building research capacity (Aghion et al., 2009); indeed, local R&D efforts tend to put pressure on the demand for scientists and engineers, t”
Four dangers in innovation policy studies – and how to avoid them (2016, background): “Different types of actors may play similar roles in different national or regional contexts, or at different times (Aghion, David, and Foray 2009; Wieczorek, Hekkert, and Smits 2009; Flanagan, Uyarra, and Laranja 2011).”
Linking induced technological change, and environmental regulation: Evidence from patenting in the U.S. auto industry (2011, background): “These findings support the important linkage among technological competitiveness of domestic firms, national systems of innovation and government policy (Pavitt and Patel, 1999; Aghion et al., 2009).”