technology procurement from the complementary standpoints of innovation theory and innovation policy …Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation … research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy …

innovation efforts, and on the degree to which effort is contractible …

This is the final report of the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on 'Innovation-related Procurement', carried out between … evaluate reforms that enhance the quality of their research and innovation investments, policies and systems. …

This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We … incentive for private innovation activities. In contrast to the standard Schumpeterian growth framework, we account for industry … heterogeneity in terms of innovation potential. This extension allows to bring government demand policy within the realm of the …