The encouragement of innovation at the regional level has been the subject of a series of EU initiatives, but there is, as yet, no overarching framework that provides clear, effective and widely accepted guidance for policy-makers. We identify some of the limitations facing innovation policy in...

Calls for new models of knowledge production demand more interdisciplinary research in order to: develop holistic solutions, increased stakeholder participation, to consider a plurality of perspectives, and to support a more deliberative democracy approach. However, knowledge production debates...

Vigorous debates have taken place within and between many countries about regulatory policy regimes covering the assessment and approval of genetically modified (GM) crops. In Iran, a very vigorous and hotly contested policy debate concerning legislation covering GM crops occurred between 2004...

As policy-makers search for signposts to guide the design and implementation of successful public policies, international benchmarking is increasingly viewed as an attractive source of inspiration and policy learning. Yet, despite its popularity, its claims as a technique for policy learning are...

Public procurement for innovation is a matter of using public demand to trigger innovation. Empirical studies have demonstrated that demand-based policy instruments can be considered to be a powerful tool in stimulating innovative processes among existing firms. However, the existing literature...

This paper examines the EU-funded research networks formed in three emerging areas of the information and communication technologies field. Social network analysis is employed to investigate network structure and dynamics, and examine the role of the participating organizations over a 12-year...

China and Russia--two giants in the group of emerging markets--continue to attract wide attention as emerging science and technological superpowers. Both countries demonstrate mixed success in innovation development and are struggling to overcome the legacies of the former state planning system...

In the last decade nanotechnology entered the policy arena as a technology that is simultaneously promising and threatening, and with a similar Janus-like face, nanotechnology entered the development agenda. How does a developing country like India deal with nanotechnology? Combining a...

Research institutes generate knowledge that contributes to the progress of science and society. Thus, they display certain specific organizational characterizations. This paper examines the variations in the descriptions of German extra-university research institutes by using a qualitative...

The interpretation of risk in governance frameworks for genetically modified (GM) foods is an important component of their design and function. This paper develops the concept of a risk frame to better understand how perceptions of risk, uncertainty, and authority over evidence are considered in...