Advanced Introduction to National Innovation Systems (Elgar Advanced Introductions) (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Hardcover

Cristina Chaminade; Bengt-Åke Lundvall; Shagufta Haneef

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785362011 ISBN 13: 9781785362019

Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub, 2018

Synopsis

Innovation studies is an evolving interdisciplinary field that has moved away from the weaknesses of neoclassical thinking and embraced evolutionary theory. In this timely book, the authors offer a precise introduction to the nature of national innovation systems (NIS), examining the history of the concept and its use in today's world.

This book uses language appropriate for both social science and engineering scholars to offer an accurate synopsis of the...

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Cristina Chaminade, Professor of Innovation Studies, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden, Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Denmark and Professor, Sciences-Po, Paris, France and Shagufta Haneef, PhD student, Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Denmark

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'In the quarter century since it emerged, the innovation system concept has come to play a major role in efforts to shape public policies so as to better support innovation and economic growth, as well as being an important focuser of scholarly research on these topics. It has had a profound influence on policy makers as well as academic researchers. This book provides a lucid and broad introduction to...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785362011
• ISBN 13: 9781785362019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192