Innovation imperative
Subtitle: national innovation strategies in the global economy
By: edited by Göran Marklund, Nicholas S. Vonortas and Charles W. Wessner
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781848446090; 9781847201928; 9781282295513
Subjects: Technological innovations; Congresses; Technology and state; Globalization; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Industrial Technology; Economic aspects
Description: Focuses on the changing roles and challenges of innovation and growth policy, and the strategies and measures that are critical in a globalizing world. This title provides guidance for innovation policy strategy formulations and design of innovation policy measures.
Notes: "This volume reflects the proceedings of a conference arranged by VINNOVA and George Washington University in cooperation with the US National Academies in Stockholm in the Spring of 2006"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The challenges of globalization: strategic choices for innovation policy; 3. Globalization and offshoring of software; 4. The multilateral trading system and transnational competition in advanced technologies: the limits of existing disciplines; 5. From knowledge to innovation: resolving the 'European Paradox'; 6. Innovative entrepreneurship: commercialization by linking ideas and people; 7. The role of innovation award programmes in the US and Sweden.