With co-editors, Charles will be responsible for editing two volumes with innovation-related content. The preliminary volume titles and editors are: For both volumes, contracts have been signed between Edward Elgar Publishing and the editors. The focus of both books is on central issues in the fields of innovation policy and innovation studies. The editors will … Continue reading
Charles will participate in the 2023 Eu-SPRI Conference on “Research with Impact” hosted by the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex Business School on June 14 – 16, 2023. He will there make a full paper presentation of the following paper: “Product procurement and functional procurement for innovation – clarifications needed … Continue reading
During the winter 2022-23 and spring 2023, Charles has contributed as a consultant in the field of “Public Functional Procurement and Innovation” to the City of Gothenberg (Stadsmiljöförvaltningen). On March 9, 2023, he also gave a three-hour lecture on this topic Continue reading
Charles was the discussant at a mid-term PhD seminar at the Division of History, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) on April 3, 2023. The PhD student was Domingos Langa and he is working on a thesis on innovation policy in African countries. Continue reading
Charles gave a presentation entitled “La Innovación, Motor de un Pais” to the Spanish Parliament on January 27, 2023. Continue reading
Abstract: ‘The system of innovation approach’ has been around in innovation research for more than three decades. In this paper, we ask whether the time has come to try to develop a general theory of innovation. There is now a considerable literature addressing what happens in the innovation systems (and not only which elements and … Continue reading
The literature on the relations between public procurement and innovation has been growing rapidly during the latest couple of decades. However, there are still conceptual problems and unclarities with regard to key concepts. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to sort out and specify the notions of “innovation”, “public procurement”, “product procurement”, “functional procurement” … Continue reading
This year’s Eu-SPRI conference (https://euspri2022.nl/) explored future directions for studies of research and innovation with a specific emphasis on future challenges for STI policy research. Charles presented the following papers: With Mart Laatsit: “From the Systems of Innovation Approach to a General Theory of Innovation: Do Activities and Functions Reflect what Happens in Innovation systems”. … Continue reading
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