It is with great pleasure to announce that Susana Borrás and I have submitted the manuscript that will be published as a new book at Oxford University Press. This co-authored book is the fruit of several years of work. The title of the book is “Holistic Innovation Policy: Theoretical Foundations, Policy Problems and Instrument Choices”. Our … Continue reading
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The EU Innovation ranking is flawed
On June 22, the 2018 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) was published by the European Commission. The summary innovation index included in the EIS misleads politicians, policy-makers, researchers and the general public. Continue reading
Meeting in Lithuania
Last June 6, 2018 Charles visited Vilnius, Lithuania. He met with the team of the President of Lithuania. Among the issues discussed were “Holistic innovation policy”, The Swedish National Innovation Council” and “Functional public procurement to enhance innovation”. Continue reading
NIC Meeting in Harpsund, Sweden
The Swedish National Innovation Council has four (or more) meetings per year. The most recent one was held on May 28, 2018. The venue was in Harpsund, which is the country residence for the Prime Minister of Sweden. The meeting lasted for 5 hours and addressed the following issues: Working places for life-long learning, Renewal in healthcare, … Continue reading
STI Strategy Development and Anchor Program Workshop
During May 14-19, 2018, Charles visited Thailand. He contributed to the “STI Strategy Development and Anchor Program Workshop, at Thonburi University in Bangkok. He gave two lectures: Innovation Theory for Developing a Holistic Innovation Policy – Replacing Linearity! Make Strategic Public Procurement Drive Innovation: Specify Functions Instead of Products He also provided consultancy services to … Continue reading
A Holistic Innovation Policy and the Practice of the Swedish National Innovation Council
CIRCLE organized the EU-SPRI Winter School on March 5 -12, 2018. The general topic was “Policies for research and innovation: Geography of innovation”. Charles contributed with a lecture entitled “A Holistic Innovation Policy and the Practice of the Swedish National Innovation Council”. Continue reading
Public procurement for innovation to help meet social challenges: a review and a case study
An article entitled “Public procurement for innovation to help meet social challenges: a review and a case study” has been published on 28 February, 2018 in Science and Public Policy. The authors are Joeri H. Wesseling and Charles Edquist. It deals with how public procurement can contribute to meeting societal challenges by presenting a literature review … Continue reading
Charles Edquist at the Deusto Business School
On January 22, 2018 Charles Edquist lectured for eight hours at the Deusto Business School, San Sebastian. He covered the following topics: Innovation theory, particularly the systems of innovation approach in a wide version. The role of institutions for innovation. Innovation policies – old partial/linear practices and the new holistic approach (including demand-side instruments). Is … Continue reading
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