The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this paper, and it is discussed what it is, why it is … relevant and how it can be implemented. One of the main conclusions is that the innovation policies in European countries are … still linear (and not holistic), in spite of the fact that the linear view has been completely abandoned by innovation …

(education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the … gap between the existing literature on competences on the one hand, and the real world of innovation policy-making on the … competence-building in the innovation process from a perspective of innovation systems; it examines how governments and public …

Institutions (including regulations) are constitutive elements of innovation systems, and therefore cornerstones of … innovation policy. Focusing on (soft and hard) regulation, the paper identifies the most salient regulatory areas from the … perspective of the innovation system. When asking about the effects of regulation on innovation, the paper argues that there are …

(especially R&D activities) in the innovation process from an innovation system perspective. It examines how governments and … using knowledge production in their innovation systems. It also examines the critical and most important issues at stake … from the point of view of innovation policy, looking in particular at the unresolved tensions and systemic unbalances …

The vast literature of systems of innovation is rich in theoretical and empirical studies about the complexity and … manner the nature and types of strategic choices that public actors in systems of innovation are facing given the ever … posing to systems of innovation in industrialised and developing countries, past and present. The next section approaches the …

This paper examines the linkages and interactive learning processes between foreign and local actors in an innovation … innovation system. …

in innovation policy-making during the past decade, many countries in the developed and developing world have been … substantially widening and deepening their innovation policies. The introduction of new and more sophisticated policy instruments … (deepening) has been accompanied by an expansion of the realm of action for innovation policy (widening). The main argument of …

The concluding chapter of the “Small Country Innovation Systems” book develops a comparative analysis that deals with … some extent on issues related to globalization, but devotes most of its attention to innovation policy. The chapter is …