In the interview, Charles points to the dynamic effects if functional specifications are used: problems to be solved shall be described – not specific products. Since functional procurement can influence the direction of innovation processes, this can substantially contribute to a transformative change of the innovation system by means of new innovation trajectories, for example … Continue reading
In Uruguay there are discussions going on about how to organize the work with the design and implementation of policies for science, technology, and innovation. In this context, Charles was invited by CONICYT (National Council on Innovation, Science and Technology) to give a presentation entitled “Which is the optimal organizational architecture for design of innovation … Continue reading
The public procurement of goods and services in the world is 1.7 trillion US dollars – each year. A (small) part of this is functional procurement. In ‘product procurement’ the public buyer describes the products that he wants to buy – which is a serious obstacle to innovations. In ‘functional procurement’ the buyer describes the … Continue reading
The discussion paper by Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia and me has now been accepted for publication in Science and Public Policy. Public procurement accounts for a very large share of most economies worldwide. It represents more than 15% of global GDP, which is many times larger than the world expenditures on research and development. Besides its … Continue reading
Charles gave a speech at the “K.E.Y. PLATFORM 2020” Conference in Seoul, Korea on Thursday, May 28, 2020. This is an annual event organized by the news media concern MONEYTODAY. The Theme of the conference this year was “Advent of a surrogate economy”. The presentation by Charles was entitled “A Holistic Innovation Policy ad a … Continue reading
Charles was interviewed in an article about the European Innovation Council (EIC) Science Magazine on April 8, 2020. The title of the article was “Watch out Silicon Valley: European Union gets into the venture capital game”. The article can be found here. Continue reading
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
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
