On May 11, 2015 Charles published a debate article (op-ed) at “DN Debatt” in the largest Swedish daily “Dagens Nyheter”. The title was “Innovationspolitiken måste samlas i en egen proposition“ (“Innovation policy must be united into a separate government bill” – in Swedish only). One argument is that the design of innovation policy and research … Continue reading
Charles Edquist participated in a public discussion on innovation policy at the RISE-Day in Stockholm last April 23, 2015. RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) is a network of research and technology organizations cooperating with academia, enterprise and society at large. The program of the RISE-Day can be found here. Continue reading
Charles was giving a presentation at the “SP-days” arranged by the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden at the World Trade Center in Stockholm on April 15, 2015. He spoke on “Innovation Policy for Sweden”. Continue reading
The Swedish Ministry of Finance organized a seminar at Rosenbad on March 30, 2015. The OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria presented the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden. Discussants were Marie Gierz, Charles Edquist and Olof Åslund. Magdalena Andersson (Minister of Finance) introduced the seminar and conclusions were presented by Mikael Damberg (Minister of Industries … Continue reading
On March 14, 2015, Charles was interviewed in the Swedish daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet / Sydsvenskan. The interview is in Swedish and focuses on innovation policy ─ trying to capture the fact that the Swedish government for the first time regards innovation as a separate policy area. Continue reading
In February 2015, the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven created a National Innovation Council (Nationella innovationsrådet), with himself as the chairman. The purpose of placing it at the highest possible political level was to give priority to the work of strengthening Sweden’s innovation ability and competitiveness. The council will focus strongly on innovations proper and … Continue reading
Charles Edquist’s and J. M. Zabala-Iturriagagoitia’s article, Pre-commercial procurement: a demand or supply policy instrument in relation to innovation? is now published in the current issue of R&D Management. Abstract: In 2006, the European Commission introduced the concept of ‘pre-commercial procurement’ (PCP) as an instrument to promote innovation and to mitigate grand challenges. One of … Continue reading
Charles’ new book, “Public Procurement for Innovation” will be available in January 2015. Edited by: Charles Edquist, Lund University, Sweden; Nicholas S. Vonortas, The George Washington University, US; Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Lund University, Sweden, and; Jakob Edler, University of Manchester, UK. This book focuses on the study of a specific demand side innovation policy instrument, … Continue reading
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