On September 5-6, 2013 “The 14th International Conference on Industrial Technology Innovation – Innovation Policy in the Structural Transformation Era” will be organized by the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, in Taipei, Taiwan. Charles will give the key-note speech entitled “How to Design Innovation Policy: Identification of Systemic Problems”. He will also give a presentation …
The Almedalen Week, in the beginning of July in Visby, the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, is the largest meeting place for the exchange of social, economic and political ideas in Sweden – with a history of 45 years. In 2012, there were 1 818 seminars and other events in the official program. This …
Charles will be a speaker at “Global Economy and Industry Forum 2013, Creativity, Innovation, Industry; New challenges for Policies”, in Seoul, Korea, June 24, 2013. The Forum is organized jointly by KDI (Korean Development Institute) and the Koreas Government (Ministry of Strategy and Finance).The Forum aims to examine the global trends in industrial innovations and …
Diskussion om innovation at ESBRI Mycket har hänt inom svensk innovationssystemsforskning de senaste sex åren. Fältet har svällt, en forskargemenskap har växt fram, och kontakter har etablerats mellan akademi och policy. Vinnovas finansiering av fyra forskningscentrum inom området har bidragit till utvecklingen. 4 mars samlade vi de fyra centrumföreståndarna för ett samtal om innovation, forskning …
I have been the Holder of the Ruben Rausing Chair in Innovation Research at CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden, since February 2003 and before that I had held a Chair at the University of Linköping. My publications include numerous books and articles on innovation processes, innovation systems and innovation policy. Of these, the edited volumes “Systems of …
From April 2013, and for the next three years, Charles Edquist is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI). The other members are Stefan Kuhlman (Twente, President), Emanuela Reale (Rome), Stephanie Daimer (Karlsruhe), Jakob Edler (Manchester) and Philippe Laredo (Paris). Eu-SPRI aims at … Continue reading »
A large event entitled “The Swedish Innovation Parliament” took place in Lund on May 22-24, 2013. It was the annual conference organized by SISP – Swedish Incubators and Science Parks. It gathered leading politicians and people from industry and government. For example, Members of parliament Anna Kinberg Batra (representing the government) and Jennie Nilsson (spokeswoman … Continue reading »
Authors: Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist Abstract: 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 … Continue reading »
If you are the this conference and interested in Public Procurement for Innovation, please check out the track on this topic. April 11, 2013, 1430-1630 Track 7: New Policy Instruments. Session 2: Developing new approaches to innovation policy Chair: Susana Borrás Why Pre-Commercial Procurement is not Innovation Procurement Edquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel; Download conference … Continue reading »
The article on Swedish innovation policy by Charles Edquist in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on March 26, 2013 led to two reactions. One was from the Minister of Industries, Annie Lööf, and can be found at : http://www.dn.se/debatt/var-innovationsstrategi-ar-konkret-och-langsiktig. The other was by Emil Görnerup at Swedish Industry and can be found at: http://www.dn.se/debatt/innovationssystem-loser-inte-sveriges-brist-pa-foretagande. Charles … Continue reading »
On March 26 2013, I published a debate article (op-ed) at “DN Debatt” in the Swedish daily “Dagens Nyheter” entitled“The Swedish government neglects innovation policy”. It contains constructive proposals with regard to the design of innovation policy. You can find the article in Swedish at the following link: http://www.dn.se/debatt/den-svenska-regeringen-missar-innovationspolitiken and the English translation here: DN Debate … Continue reading »
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. This concept was also introduced as a response to the need … Continue reading »
The Choice of Innovation Policy Instruments Authors: Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist Abstract: 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 … Continue reading »
