A large event entitled “The Swedish Innovation Parliament” took place in Lund on May 22-24, 2013. It was the annual conference organized by SISP – Swedish Incubators and Science Parks. It gathered leading politicians and people from industry and government. For example, Members of parliament Anna Kinberg Batra (representing the government) and Jennie Nilsson (spokeswoman … Continue reading
Authors: Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist Abstract: The purpose of this article is to discuss the different types of instruments of innovation policy, to examine how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times have used these instruments differently, to explore the political nature of instrument choice and design (and associated issues), and … Continue reading
April 11, 2013, 1430-1630 Track 7: New Policy Instruments. Session 2: Developing new approaches to innovation policy Chair: Susana Borrás Why Pre-Commercial Procurement is not Innovation Procurement Edquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel; Download conference programme. This paper presented in this conference has also now been published as a working paper. See details below: In 2006 the European … Continue reading
The article on Swedish innovation policy by Charles Edquist in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on March 26, 2013 led to two reactions. One was from the Minister of Industries, Annie Lööf, and can be found at : http://www.dn.se/debatt/var-innovationsstrategi-ar-konkret-och-langsiktig. The other was by Emil Görnerup at Swedish Industry and can be found at: http://www.dn.se/debatt/innovationssystem-loser-inte-sveriges-brist-pa-foretagande. Charles … Continue reading
On March 26 2013, I published a debate article (op-ed) at “DN Debatt” in the Swedish daily “Dagens Nyheter” entitled“The Swedish government neglects innovation policy”. It contains constructive proposals with regard to the design of innovation policy. You can find the article in Swedish at the following link: http://www.dn.se/debatt/den-svenska-regeringen-missar-innovationspolitiken and the English translation here: DN Debate … Continue reading
Speaker: Professor Charles Edquist Place: Kilevej 14A, 3nd floor, room K3.41, DK – 2000 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen Business School Time: Wednsday February 27th 2013, 14:00 – 15:30 Abstract Innovation policy has to be based on identification of policy problems by means of comparing innovation systems over geography or over time. Two conditions must be fulfilled for public intervention to be … Continue reading
Charles was the keynote speaker at the recently concluded OECD Expert Workshop on the Measurement of Public Procurement of Innovation that took place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris last February 4, 2013. The title of his speech was “Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI): What is it and what does it mean for grand challenges, … Continue reading
The aim of this report is to identify the role of academics as entrepreneurs. Education and a highly educated staff is a growth factor in companies and in this report we will highlight the characteristics of companies established by academics and which factors are crucial for these companies to grow. A special focus has been … Continue reading
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