Charles participated in a “Workshop on The European Spallation Source (ESS) – from the strategy to action”, organized by the Swedish Research Council  in Stockholm on November 21, 2016. One of the central things discussed was how “citizen value”, e.g. in the form of innovations, can be captured from large research infrastructures such as the … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 20, 2016 Charles participated in a meeting with the Council for Strategic Public Procurement at the Skåne Region. Continue reading →

The OECD Blue Sky Forum on Science and Innovation indicators helded in Ghent, Belgium, Monday-Wednesday, September 19 – 21, 2016. Together with Susana Borrás, Charles presented a paper entitled: “Conceptual Underpinnings for Innovation Policy Design ‐ Instruments and Indicators in Context”. The paper can be downloaded here. The home page of this long-term and high-profile conference … Continue reading →

There seems to have been a “spontaneous” tendency for public innovation funding organizations to drift into funding in later stages in the innovation process – instead of concentrating on the early stages, where innovating companies do not yet have any sales. The provision of this funding did compete with private providers of capital, which may … Continue reading →

The Swedish government took a decision to adopt the National Procurement Strategy in late June 2016 – Ardalan Shekarabi is responsible Minister. Functional procurement is an important element in that strategy. What is described in the procurement documents (förfrågningsunderlagen) in such procurement is functions or solutions to problems rather than products (goods and services). This … Continue reading →

Wednesday June 8th is the first day of the main 2016 Eu-SPRI conference program. The final program of  conference is now available here. Continue reading →