In late April 2015 we published CIRCLE Working Paper (No. 2015/16) arguing that the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) is flawed. In early May the 2015 edition of the Innovation Union Scoreboard was published by the European Commission. This made it important for us to update and publish a new CIRCLE Working Paper (No 2015/26) entitled … Continue reading
At the Almedalen Week in Visby, Gotland, Charles spoke in a seminar organized by Ratio (Näringlivets forskningsinstitut) on “Financing of Innovation and Growth”, on Monday, June 29 at 15.00-16.30. He also gave a short speech at a dinner organized by Sveriges Ingenjörer, the same day at 20.15. Charles also participated in a discussion on innovation-related procurement … Continue reading
An interview with Charles Edquist was, on June 18, 2015, published in the Newsletter of the organization “Sweden’s Public Procurers”. In that interview Charles singled out functional procurement as the most important means to make public procurement support and enhance innovation. The interview (in Swedish) can be found here. If you want to read the … Continue reading
An article, in Swedish, by Amela Hodzic and Charles Edquist, entitled “Procurement decides the innovation power”, was just published in the journal Dagens Samhälle. You can read the article here. Continue reading
The EU-SPRI Annual Conference 2015 was held in Helsinki last June 10-12, 2015. The theme this year was “Innovation policies for economic and social transitions: developing strategies for knowledge, practices and institutions.” Information about the conference can be found here. Continue reading
On June 5, 2015 The “Region Skåne” arranged a half day seminar (in Swedish) on “How do we create prerequisites of innovation procurement” in Malmö City. Charles presented “Speed up innovation procurement: buy functions – not products!” in the seminar. The program can be found here. Continue reading
Charles was a key-note speaker at a conference entitled “Demand-Side Policies for Innovation / Public Procurement for Innovation” at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil during May 27-29, 2015. The title of his speech is “Innovation-Related Public Procurement (state-of-the-art)” The program is available here. Continue reading
On May 20, 2015, an interview was made with Charles by the Swedish weekly Ny Teknik. It addresses the fact that the government is developing a national strategy for public procurement, where innovation-related public procurement will be an important part. The interview (in Swedish) can be found here. Continue reading
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