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Dilemmas of Practice-Based Innovation Policy-Making

In: Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications

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  • Réjean Landry

    (Laval University)

  • Nabil Amara

    (Laval University)

Abstract

This chapter discusses dilemmas that emerge when policy-makers are equally attracted to promoting concepts that are not based on evidence and to developing innovation policies that are evidence-based. It addresses nine dilemmas of innovation policies by discussing the following questions: What is the capacity of theories and new policy concepts linked to innovation to provide useful policy prescriptions to foster innovation? To what extent are these theories and new policy concepts supported by solid evidence? The chapter is based on a review of concepts and buzzwords linked to innovation, and the types of data and diagnostics used by policy-makers to develop new national and regional innovation policies. The chapter is also based on the consulting experience of the authors regarding the production of evidence-based diagnostics and derivation of policy measures at both the national and regional levels. The chapter defines policy issues in terms of dilemmas, it provides concrete examples, and it discusses how policy-makers could resolve the tensions between equally attractive policy alternatives.

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  • Réjean Landry & Nabil Amara, 2012. "Dilemmas of Practice-Based Innovation Policy-Making," Springer Books, in: Helinä Melkas & Vesa Harmaakorpi (ed.), Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications, chapter 0, pages 65-89, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-21723-4_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21723-4_5
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    1. Mafini Dosso & Fernando Hervas & Pietro Moncada-Paternò-Castello, 2015. "5th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation CONCORDi 2015. Industrial Research and Innovation: Evidence for Policy – Background Note," JRC Research Reports JRC97469, Joint Research Centre.

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