Innovation Policies in Europe and the US - 9781138717893

Taylor & Francis

First published in 2003, this book examines the 1990s shift in Research and Technological Development policies from problem-solving to a systemic innovation approach. It analyzes innovation policies in 12 industrialized nations, exploring the transition's causes, effects, and institutional changes through a multidisciplinary framework. > This title was first published in 2003.During the 1990s research and technological development policies moved from a 'problem-solving' approach towards a wider one focusing on the systemic nature of the innovation process. This change can be featured as the transition from a technology policy towards an innovation policy. 'Innovation Policies in Europe and the US: The New Agenda' provides a comparative analysis of eleven highly industrialized countries\u2019 innovation policies in the 1990s, and addresses the nature, dynamics, causes and effects of this transition. By combining the analytical skills of sociologists, economists and political scient.