In January 2025, a new article was published under the title “Functional Public Procurement and Innovation – A Conceptual Framework”. The authors are Charles Edquist and Geo Quinot. The article can be downloaded here. The abstract of the article is as follows: Abstract The literature on the relationship between public procurement and innovation has been … Continue reading
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Eu-SPRI 2023
Charles participated 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 made a full paper presentation of the following paper: “Product procurement and functional procurement for innovation – clarifications needed for empirical research”. … Continue reading
Charles in Pretoria, South Africa
Charles was a main speaker at “The international Conference on Public Procurement and Innovation in Africa” to be held in Pretoria, South Africa during November 13 – 15, 2023. It includes a smaller Workshop and a Formal Conference with 200 participants. The conference will aim to: • Raise awareness of the linkage between public procurement … Continue reading
Participation in the 20th Globelics International Conference
Charles participated in the 20th Anniversary Conference of Globelics in Trivandrum, Kerala, India during 12-14 October 2023. He stayed on to give lectures at other innovation research centres, in Kerala and elsewhere in India. Continue reading
Do you want to contribute a chapter to a book on innovation policy or on innovation-enhancing public procurement?
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 at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm
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 at the Spanish Parliament
Charles gave a presentation entitled “La Innovación, Motor de un Pais” to the Spanish Parliament on January 27, 2023. Continue reading
From the Systems of Innovation Approach to a General Theory of Innovation: Do Activities and Functions Reflect what Happens in Innovation Systems?
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
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