Public Technology Procurement and Innovation (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, Band 16) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1461370841 ISBN 13: 9781461370840

Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation policy. In the past few years, public technology procurement has been a relatively neglected topic in the theoretical and research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy-makers to avoid making very extensive use of this important `demand-side' instrument. These trends have been especially pronounced in the European Union. There, as this book will argue, existing legislation governing public procurement presents obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation. Recently, however, there has been a gradual re-awakening of practical interest in such measures among policy-makers in the EU and elsewhere. For these and other related measures, this volume aims to contribute to a serious reconsideration of public technology procurement from the complementary standpoints of innovation theory and innovation policy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1461370841
• ISBN 13: 9781461370840
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 340
• Herausgeber: Edquist Charles, Hommen Leif, Tsipouri Lena
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