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AN ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT INNOVATION POLICIES
Author(s) -
ROTHWELL ROY,
ZEGVELD WALTER
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - principal (computer security) , vulnerability (computing) , government (linguistics) , politics , supply and demand , public economics , public policy , business , economics , policy development , economic policy , economic system , industrial organization , economic growth , political science , macroeconomics , philosophy , linguistics , computer security , computer science , law , operating system
The authors compare the innovation policies of industrialized countries along several dimensions: the policy tools (e.g., supply, demand, environment) they use or prefer, and their national philosophies, especially whether they have explicit policies toward the development of specific industries or technologies. They also identify the principal difficulties that existing innovation policies have suffered. Among them are the lack of market know‐how among policymakers, bias toward research and development‐oriented stimuli rather than other aspects of innovation such as demand, and vulnerability of policies to changes in political philosophy. They conclude with a list of questions that governments initiating policies of technological choice should consider to avoid some of these pitfalls.