scholarly journals A technological innovation systems approach to analyse the roles of intermediaries in eco-innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 1136-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisdom Kanda ◽  
Pablo del Río ◽  
Olof Hjelm ◽  
Dzamila Bienkowska
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Innovation Systems

scholarly journals The Governance of Global Innovation Systems: Putting Knowledge in Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 397-414
Author(s):  
Christian Binz ◽  
Bernhard Truffer
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Actor Networks

AbstractTechnological innovation increasingly depends on multiscalar actor networks and institutions. However, the developers of many conceptual frameworks explaining innovation success have paid only limited attention to this new reality, due to their focus on regions and countries as agents that shape innovation governance and as containers that provide institutional conditions for innovation success. In particular, innovation systems literature has been criticized in this respect. In the present chapter, we refer to the recently formulated Global Innovation Systems approach, which enables researchers to capture the emergence of system resources across spatial scales. With this framework, we emphasize that beyond the focus on knowledge generation processes, a better understanding of valuation processes is necessary to guide governance structures for generating new technologies and products. This is particularly true for sectors that are oriented towards confronting grand challenges, such as cleantech industries.

An innovation systems approach to institutional change: Smallholder development in West Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Hounkonnou ◽  
Dansou Kossou ◽  
Thomas W. Kuyper ◽  
Cees Leeuwis ◽  
E. Suzanne Nederlof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Innovation Systems

Mapping Innovation Diplomacy in Denmark and Sweden

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Didzis Kļaviņš
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Technological Forecasting ◽  
Innovation Diplomacy ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Summary The aim of this article is to identify and map innovation diplomacy actions in Denmark and Sweden using the ‘functions of innovation systems’ approach. Based on Hekkert et al.’s seven key system functions (Marko P. Hekkert, Roald A. A. Suurs, Simona O. Negro, Stefan Kuhlmann and Ruud E. H. M. Smits, ‘Functions of Innovation Systems: A New Approach for Analysing Technological Change’, Technological Forecasting & Social Change 74 (4) (2007), 413-432), the article assess the role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in meeting governments’ innovation targets. The empirical analysis, including twelve semi-structured interviews with seventeen career diplomats, reveals the key initiatives that countries are taking in furthering their homeland’s innovation aims or ambitions. The study also asks whether the ‘diplomacy for innovation’ approach of both Scandinavian MFAs are consistent with the ‘whole-of-government’ and ‘whole-of-society’ approaches.

scholarly journals Ecossistemas de inovação das universidades federais brasileiras: um mapeamento dos núcleos de inovação tecnológica, incubadoras de empresas de base tecnológica e parques tecnológicos

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-358
Author(s):  
Rafael Morais Pereira ◽  
Humberto Rodrigues Marques ◽  
Rodrigo Gava
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Technological Structure ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Technological innovation as an engine for development requires a structural apparatus to its consolidation, reinforcing the approach of innovation systems, with emphasis on the role of universities. Therefore, considering that associated with this potential are present several innovative elements, such as the Technological Innovation Centers (NITs), the incubators of technology-based companies (IEBTs) and Technology Parks (ParqTecs), and given the lack of systematization National these instruments, the ultimate goal of this study was to analyze the environment for innovation in Brazilian federal universities, through the mapping of NITs, the IEBTs and ParqTecs associated with these institutions, further outlining the relationship of these instruments with technological variables (technological scholarships and patents). We used a qualitative and quantitative approach, descriptive nature, with collection of secondary data on institutional sites of universities and the adoption of simple linear regression analysis. The results realized all 63 Brazilian federal universities and revealed that the most widespread instrument between universities are the NITs, since its presence in 86% of the analyzed institutions. Have business incubators, idealized to strengthen interaction in innovation systems, are associated with 68% of universities, enabling regional development contexts. In relation to technology parks, it was found that, depending on the expenditure required for its implementation, only 26 universities are integrated into ParqTecs. The contributions of this study are concentrated in addition to the mapping done in highlighting the distinctions between the Brazilian regions in terms of scientific and technological structure and the importance of innovation ecosystems.

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