Innovation Policy in a Knowledge-Based Economy : Theory and Practice

Acknowledging that the creation, coordination and diffusion of knowledge are dynamic and cumu­ lative processes, and that innovation processes result from the coordination of distributed knowledge, renders the "market failure" view of innovation policies obsolete.

The Rationales Behind Innovation Policies: Dynamic Approaches.- From Economic Foundations to S&T Policy Tools: a Comparative Analysis of the Dominant Paradigms.- Systems Failure and the Case for Innovation Policy.- Technology Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy.- New Technology Procurement: Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Coordination.- Technology Policy and A-Synchronic Technologies: The Case of German High-Speed Trains.- Institutional Arrangements of Technology Policy and Management of Diversity: the Case of Digital Switching System in France and in Italy.- A Study of Military Innovation Diffusion Based on Two Case Studies.- Impact of Incentives Tools on Systemic and Learning Failures.- University-Industry Relationships and Regional Innovation Systems: Analysis of the French Procedure Cifre.- Research and Development Tax Incentives: a Comparative Analysis of Various National Mechanisms.- Twenty Years of Evaluation with the BETA Method: Some Insights on Current Collaborative ST&I Policy Issues.- The Relevance of R&D Strategic Management in Policy Design.- The Organizational Specificities of Brite-Euram Collaborative Projects: Micro-Analysis and Policy Implications.- How International are National (and European) Science and Technology Policies?.- Universities Specificities and the Emergence of a Global Model of University: how to Manage These Contradictory Realities.