The National Innovation System of Belgium

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction and Institutional Setting

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Theoretical Foundations of the National Innovation Systems Approach

      • Wim Meeusen

      Pages 3-19

   3. The Sources of Belgian Prosperity

      • Henri Capron

      Pages 21-41

   4. The Institutional Profile

      • Henri Capron, Michele Cincera, Michel Dumont

      Pages 43-69

3. The Inputs in the National Innovation System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. R&D Expenditures and the National Innovation System

      • Henri Capron, Michele Cincera

      Pages 73-100

   3. R&D Activities at the Firm Level

      • Klaus Vandewalle

      Pages 101-116

   4. The National Innovation System and its International Linkages

      • Henri Capron, Michele Cincera, Bruno Pottelsberghe van Potellsberghe de la Potterie

      Pages 117-136

   5. The Network of Joint Research Projects and Alliances

      • Michel Dumont, Wim Meeusen

      Pages 137-172

4. The Outputs of the National Innovation System and Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. Technological Performance

      • Henri Capron, Michele Cincera

      Pages 175-198

   3. Technological Performance and Performance in International Trade

      • Wim Meeusen, Glenn Rayp

      Pages 199-210

   4. Conclusions

      • Henri Capron, Wim Meeusen

      Pages 211-221

5. Back Matter

   Pages 223-245

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This book deals with aspects of the national innovation system of Belgium. It is the result of a study jointly undertaken by teams of the University of Antwerp (RUCA) and the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in the context of the OECD­ DSTI Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy, which brought to­ gether specialists from most of the OECD countries in an effort to streamline and co-ordinate research on national innovation systems. The 'systemic' approach - as opposed to the traditional 'linear causal' ap­ proach - has, in recent years, increasingly become the framework for the study of the complex relationships between R&D, innovation, the economic performance of firms and of the economy in which they operate, technological policy, and, fi­ nally, the institutional framework of the national economy, including its transna­ tional aspects. Obviously, the systemic approach did not fall out of the blue but has its roots in different schools of economic thought. The theoretical foundations of the national innovation system approach are therefore first discussed in Chapter 1. Chapters 2 and 3 introduce the reader to some peculiarities of the Belgian economy. Chapter 2 deals with the sources of Belgian prosperity, looked at from a long-term perspective and with particular attention being given to the small-open-economy characteristics of Belgium.

• Belgien
• Belgium
• F & E
• Innovation System
• Innovationssystem
• R&D
• Research & Development
• Technology
• Wirtschaftspolitik
• economic policy
• innovation
• innovation systems
• research
• research & development (R&D)
• science and technology

• Department of Applied Economics (DULBEA), Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

  Henri Capron

• Department of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp — RUCA, Antwerp, Belgium

  Wim Meeusen

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