The Italian Presidency of the EU Council organized a meeting of Health Ministers in Milan on September 21-22. A conference was held on “Innovative Systems and Health Horizons”. At this event, Charles gave a Keynote speech on the health innovation system and the role of innovative public procurement. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Report: Public Procurement and Innovation
Charles has written a report on public innovation procurement for the national Swedish Competition Authority (‘Konkurrensverket’). Entitled “Public Procurement and Innovation”, the main issue addressed is if and how public procurement can be a driving force for innovation. Included is a focus on the public procurement with the objective to enhance innovation that is already … Continue reading
Education, Training and Skills in Innovation Policy
A paper by Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist has been published by Science and Public Policy through the journal’s “Advanced Access” service last 15 July 2014. The article, entitled “Education, Training and Skills in Innovation Policy” will be included in the succeeding issue of the journal. The abstract reads: The main question that guides this … Continue reading
Debate Article: Innovation shall drive Sweden – not low wages
Together with Jennie Nilsson and Billie Pettersson, Charles published a popular article in the weekly journal Ny Teknik on September 8, 2014. The title was “Innovation ska driva Sverige – inte låga löner” (“Innovation shall drive Sweden – not low wages”). It addresses Swedish innovation policy and in particular how public procurement – which accounts … Continue reading
Charles Edquist provided advisory services for the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) in September 2014 on “How to build an Asian Innovation Policy Platform”. He also participated and gave a speech at The 2014 International Conference on Industrial Technology Innovation in Taipei on September 3 – 5 2014, organized by TIER. He spoke about … Continue reading
Charles participated in a panel discussion in a Seminar on University Rankings organized by CIRCLE and Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in Lund on September 1, 2014. Continue reading
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