Nature of Scientific Innovation, Volume II

David Dent is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur having patented and commercialised inventions,  a founder of businesses and charitable enterprises, an advisor to governments, a former Managing Director of CABI Bioscience, a former ‘Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence’ at the University of East Anglia, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey Business School, UK.

• Introduction.- Inventors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs.- Creating and Crafting Inventors and Innovators.- Invention and Innovation Organisations.- Connectivity, Culture and Capabilities.- Limits to Investment in Research.- Re-envisioning Investment Priorities.- Innovation Policy and National Innovation Systems.- To Conclude.