On May 20, 2019, Charles made a presentation entitled “Fossil free innovations by means of functional procurement – daring to think in new ways” at the “Fossil Free Sweden Initiative” in Stockholm. The title of the conference was “Fossil Free Public Procurement – obstacles and possibilities”. The video of the conference is available at http://fossilfritt-sverige.se/pa-gang/sandning-fossilfri-offentlig-upphandling-hinder-och-mojligheter/ … Continue reading
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Swedish Competition Agency Report Presentation
Charles presented the report on functional public procurement written for the Swedish Competition Agency at a seminar at the Swedish Ministry of Finance on April 5, 2019. The report is available at: http://www.konkurrensverket.se/contentassets/916ecd96293549589d7ae5ee2e2c0eae/forsk-rapport_2019_2-.pdf. For more information about the report, please see an entry further below on this home page. Continue reading
A new report on Functional Public Procurement by Charles
Charles has completed a new study entitled “Functional Procurement for Innovation, Welfare and the Environment” for the Swedish Competition Agency. The report is in Swedish (56 pages) and has a summary in English (4 pages). It was published on March 21, 2019 and can be downloaded from the Swedish Competition Agency, at https://www.konkurrensverket.se/globalassets/dokument/informationsmaterial/rapporter-och-broschyrer/uppdragsforskning/forsk-rapport_2019-2_funktionsupphandling-for-innovation-valfard-och-miljo.pdf Alternative link … Continue reading
Report: Public Procurement and Innovation
Charles has written a report on public innovation procurement for the national Swedish Competition Authority (‘Konkurrensverket’). Entitled “Public Procurement and Innovation”, the main issue addressed is if and how public procurement can be a driving force for innovation. Included is a focus on the public procurement with the objective to enhance innovation that is already … Continue reading
Charles was invited to speak on Innovation policy and Research Policy at the ERAC ad-hoc Working Group on the European Semester and ERA monitoring Seminar on the Efficiency and Effectiveness on R&I Systems at DG RTD, European Commission on May 5, 2014. He has produced a final report based on the meetings with ERAC, and … Continue reading
On March 20, 2014 ERAC organized a Mutual Learning Seminar in Brussels. The topic was on national R&I policies. Charles Edquist was, as an independent expert: Prepared an introduction note to the session on “The Efficiency of the Research and Innovation System”, Introduced and moderated this session at the seminar, and Produced a report on … Continue reading
On March 13 – 14 2014, Charles was invited to the Lundvall Symposium 2014, an annual international symposium on Innovation Studies, organized by the IKE Group of Ålborg University in Denmark. The theme for its third year was: “Innovation policy – how can it make a difference?” For the symposium, Charles has written a paper … Continue reading
Entrepreneurship and Growth Among Graduates in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
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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