Policy Evaluation in Innovation and Technology

Policy Evaluation in Innovation and Technology
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 478
Release: 1997
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Comprises 25 papers on the evaluation of innovation and technology policies in OECD countries, focusing on evaluation methods and practices. Includes case studies of evaluation experiences in selected countries.

Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation

Learning from Science and Technology Policy Evaluation
Author: Philip Shapira
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781781957059

The contributors analyse and contrast the need and demand for RIT performance measurement and evaluation within the US and European innovation and policy making systems. They assess current US and European RIT evaluation practices and methods in key areas, discuss applications of new evaluative approaches and consider strategies that could lead to improvements in RIT evaluation design and policies.

Assessing Technology and Innovation Policies

Assessing Technology and Innovation Policies
Author: Cristiano Antonelli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429665997

This volume brings together eminent international scholars to discuss and analyze regional and national technology and innovation policies from an economic assessment or economic impacts perspective. The analysis covers policies relevant to countries in Europe and Asia, and the United States. Not only might this volume initiate further study of technology and innovation policies, on a country-by-country basis, but also it might open doors for comparative policy analysis. This book was originally published as a special issue of Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany

Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany
Author: Gerhard Becher
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1994-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780792331155

The evaluation of government programmes and measures in the field of technology policy has gained in significance in Germany over the past decade. A variety of evaluation studies on individual projects or programmes with different aims, approaches and methods are available. Which experiences were gained with the instrument of evaluation in this policy area? Evaluation of Technology Policy Programmes in Germany: demonstrates trends of government policy in Germany; documents experiences with the use of various promotion instruments; represents approaches and methods, used in the past years to test the efficiency of various tools of industrial technology policy and discusses their strengths and weaknesses, and draws conclusions for the further development of the evaluation of technology policy in selected areas. £/LIST£ The book includes contributions by authors from the most highly recognized German institutes and consultants working in the evaluation of technology policy, of interest to policy makers, administrators, as well as researchers, scholars and students of economics, innovation research and public policy.

Demand-side Innovation Policies

Demand-side Innovation Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2011-05-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9264098887

This book examines dynamics between demand and innovation and provides insights into the rationale and scope for public policies to foster demand for innovation.

Evaluating Program Innovation

Evaluating Program Innovation
Author: Peter DeLeon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1983
Genre: Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN:

This essay has implied that there are positive, potential benefits to be derived from accurate, timely evaluations of innovation. We should also note the negative side of the same coin, the opportunity costs wasted by poor evaluation in terms of failing to terminate unwarranted projects until they become obvious. These 'costs' can be economic (cost overruns), technological (the neglect of other, more promising technologies), or political (a public skepticism regarding technology). For both the positive and negative reasons, we are thus moved to the difficult task of having to review (and possibly revise) the innovation drama while it is still in production, before the final denouement has occurred. This charter - although not easily fulfilled from an analytic perspective - and the conditions alluded to above should motivate the evaluator of the on-going innovation process with sufficient cause (some might claim urgency) to explore in greater detail some of the notions presented above.

Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact

Handbook of Innovation Policy Impact
Author: Jakob Edler
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784711853

Innovation underpins competitiveness, is crucial to addressing societal challenges, and its support has become a major public policy goal. But what really works in innovation policy, and why? This Handbook, compiled by leading experts in the field, is the first comprehensive guide to understanding the logic and effects of innovation polices. The Handbook develops a conceptualisation and typology of innovation policies, presents meta-evaluations for 16 key innovation policy instruments and analyses evidence on policy-mix. For each policy instrument, underlying rationales and examples are presented, along with a critical analysis of the available impact evidence. Providing access to primary sources of impact analysis, the book offers an insightful assessment of innovation policy practice and its evaluation.

State of Innovation

State of Innovation
Author: Fred L. Block
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317251423

The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has generated a fundamental re-evaluation of the free-market policies that have dominated American politics for three decades. State of Innovation brings together critical essays looking at the 'innovation industry' in the context of the current crisis. The book shows how government programs and policies have underpinned technological innovation in the US economy over the last four decades, despite the strength of 'free market' political rhetoric. The contributors provide new insights into where innovations come from and how governments can support a dynamic innovation economy as the US recovers from a profound economic crisis. State of Innovation outlines a 21st century policy paradigm that will foster cutting-edge innovation which remains accountable to the public.

State of Innovation

State of Innovation
Author: Fred L. Block
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2015-11-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317251431

The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has generated a fundamental re-evaluation of the free-market policies that have dominated American politics for three decades. State of Innovation brings together critical essays looking at the 'innovation industry' in the context of the current crisis. The book shows how government programs and policies have underpinned technological innovation in the US economy over the last four decades, despite the strength of 'free market' political rhetoric. The contributors provide new insights into where innovations come from and how governments can support a dynamic innovation economy as the US recovers from a profound economic crisis. State of Innovation outlines a 21st century policy paradigm that will foster cutting-edge innovation which remains accountable to the public.