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Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp

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  • David H. Guston

    (David H. Guston directs the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, co-directs the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes and is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287, Arizona, USA. david.guston@asu.edu)

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Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says David H. Guston, but social sciences point to a solution.

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  • David H. Guston, 2008. "Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp," Nature, Nature, vol. 454(7207), pages 940-941, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:454:y:2008:i:7207:d:10.1038_454940a
    DOI: 10.1038/454940a
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