The International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR) is a part of The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv). NIR is running a collaboration project on innovation systems in Cuba, financed by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). Within this NIR framework, Charles was invited to give a speech at the conference “La Universidad y la … Continue reading
Functional public procurement describes problems that shall be solved, instead of describing the products to be bought. It is the most powerful innovation policy instrument that exists. This is because of the enormous volume of public procurement (15-20 % of global GDP), and the fact that describing products in public procurement prevents innovation – you … Continue reading
The European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI – https://euspri-forum.eu/) has now existed for 10 years and has played an important role in contributing to structuring and developing this research community. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020, Eu-SPRI organized a workshop in Karlsruhe on December 6, 2019. The purpose was to … Continue reading
On December 6 – 13 a PhD course was organized at the Copenhagen Business School, by Professor Susana Borrás. The course title was “Problem-oriented Innovation Policy: Key Organizational Dynamics and Issues”. Charles gave the first two lectures in the course. They were entitled: “Problem-Oriented Innovation Policy: A Holistic Approach”, and “Demand-driven Innovation Policy: The Example … Continue reading
Charles gave a seminar in Gothenburg at the CIIST (The Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions) on October 10, 2019. The title was “Innovation policy for sustainability transitions”. In his talk he covered the following three related subthemes: Holistic innovation policy and the importance of sustainability objectives The recent experience of the Swedish National … Continue reading
At the Oslo Campus of the Norwegian Business School – BI, Charles made a presentation entitled “Functional Procurement for Innovation, Welfare and the Environment” on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The presentation was based on the following report: http://www.konkurrensverket.se/contentassets/916ecd96293549589d7ae5ee2e2c0eae/forsk-rapport_2019_2-.pdf Continue reading
The book by Susana Borrás and Charles Edquist entitled “Holistic Innovation Policy: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices” was presented by Charles on May 13, 2019 at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Institutet för Näringspolitiska Studier – IFN), Stockholm. More information about the book is available at Oxford University Press. The Table of … Continue reading
