Overview
- Evidence-based support for innovation and technology policy
- Excellent support for the selection and interpretation of appropriate innovation indicators
- Unique consistent comparison of various national systems of innovation
- Unique compilation of a broad set of innovation indicators
- Relevant conclusions for innovation policy in the context of globalisation
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction and Summary
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The Origin of Knowledge: Research and Development
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Performance Indicators of NSI
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Structural Change and Performance of the NSI
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About this book
The concept of National Systems of Innovation was introduced as a method to describe the various elements which contribute to innovation performance and their interaction. Most analyses refer to the description of the structures of specific countries, whereas the comparison of different countries generally fails due to the inconsistency of information sources or the lack of specific data. In this book, the innovation structures of a broad set of countries are compared on the basis of various indicators. In particular, the topics of public and private R+D and their internationalisation, of scientific and technological performance, of innovation activities in manufacturing and services, of foreign trade, of technology-based start-ups, and ICT infrastructure are examined in detail. A further relevant area of investigation is higher education and highly skilled employment, and finally trends in innovation policy are presented in an international comparison. The book documents major elements of the joint work of eight leading German institutes, elaborated in the context of a regular annual report on Germany's technological performance. It provides much more than the pure compilation of quantitative indicators for international benchmarking, but gives support to an appropriate interpretation of the referring results and suggests relevant conclusions for innovation policy. A special focus is on Germany; so the book also aims at non-German readers interested in specific features of the German innovation system.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: National Systems of Innovation in Comparison
Book Subtitle: Structure and Performance Indicators for Knowledge Societies
Editors: Ulrich Schmoch, Christian Rammer, Harald Legler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4949-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4917-0Published: 03 July 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7226-9Published: 06 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4949-1Published: 09 September 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 302
Topics: Computer Science, general, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Educational Policy and Politics, International Economics, Economic Policy, R & D/Technology Policy