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Mission critical: the ends, means, and design of innovation agencies

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  • Dan Breznitz
  • Darius Ornston
  • Steven Samford

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How should governments design public innovation agencies to accommodate the challenges of rapid technological and economic change? In this article, we argue that innovation agencies can approach innovation in very different ways. We develop a typology of innovation agencies, using eight agencies from around the world to identify distinctive patterns of learning, adjustment, and experimentation. In doing so, we demonstrate that the effective design of innovation agencies depends heavily on their mission and the specific ends they seek to pursue.

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  • Dan Breznitz & Darius Ornston & Steven Samford, 2018. "Mission critical: the ends, means, and design of innovation agencies," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 27(5), pages 883-896.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:27:y:2018:i:5:p:883-896.
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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