368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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In economics, business, and government policy, innovation policy requires the creation of new approaches based on insight in what happens in innovation processes, on the micro level of people, firms and interaction between them. In innovation policy it should also be recognized that innovation entails a whole range of activities beyond R&D, such as entrepreneurship, design, commercialization,... Read more
Preface, Executive Summary, Contributors, 1. Innovation, the Economy, and Policy, 2. Innovation and Macroeconomics, 3. Learning, Discovery and Collaboration, 4. Research, Higher Education, and Innovation, 5. Entrepreneurship an Innovation, 6. Barriers to Innovation, 7. Collaboration, Trust, and the Structure of Relationships, 8. Innovation and Organisation, 9. Innovation and Creativity in Organisations: Individual and Work Team Research Findings and Implications for Government Policy, 10. Inter-Organisational Networks and Innovation, 11. Regional Innovation Policy, 12. Conclusions for Innovation Policy: Opening in Fours.
Biography
The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) is an independent advisory body for the Dutch government policy. It operates as a think tank establishing its own work and research programme. The council focuses on policy issues that are relevant in the long term.
