Publication: The choice of innovation policy instruments
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Borrás, Susana
Edquist, Charles
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The purpose of this article is to discuss the different types of instruments of innovation policy,
to examine how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times
have used these instruments differently, to explore the political nature of instrument choice
and design (and associated issues), and to elaborate a set of criteria for the selection and design
of the instruments in relation to the formulation of innovation policy. The article argues that
innovation policy instruments must be designed and combined into mixes in ways that address the
problems of the innovation system. These mixes are often called “policy mix”. The problem-oriented
nature of the design of instrument mixes is what makes innovation policy instruments ‘systemic’.
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Política científica -- Análisis, Innovaciones tecnológicas, Desarrollo científico y tecnológico, Sistemas de innovación, Políticas públicas