Jakob Edler – författare

The Handbook develops a conceptualization and typology of innovation policies, presents meta-evaluations for 16 key innovation policy instruments and analyses evidence on policy-mix. For each policy instrument, underlying rationales and examples are presented, along with a critical analysis of the available impact evidence. Providing access to primary sources of impact analysis, the book offers an insightful assessment of innovation policy practice and its evaluation. The Handbook''s final chapter draws overall conclusions, reflects on the merits and limits of evaluation and impact analysis in innovation policy and suggests tangible improvements.

This Handbook is an indispensable source for researchers, analysts, students and practitioners of innovation policy at all levels, as well as all those interested in policy analysis and evaluation more generally.

Contributors include: K. Blind, J. Cassingena Harper, P. Cunningham, J. Edler, K. Flanagan, A. Gök, D. Grimshaw, B. Jones, C. Köhler, P. Larédo, R. Ramlogan, C. Rammer, J. Rigby, P. Shapira, E. Uyarra, J. Youtie

Taking a fresh look at these mission-oriented policies and the scale of ambition with large-scale transformations of entire socio-technical systems, this combination of thinking allows for a greater understanding of not only the approach but also the prerequisites and challenges faced. Using detailed analysis, this book allows for enhanced learning and conclusions for the application of these policies in a variety of diverse contexts. The expert contributors offer a stimulus to the existing debates and learnings to enable a better handling of the ongoing political and practical challenges that come with adopting this approach.

This engaging book is an excellent resource for scholars of science, technology and innovation policy, policy analysis and political and governance sciences. It will also be an enlightening read for national and regional policy makers responsible for implementing large-scale change across policy areas such as energy, health, transport and climate-related policies.

Im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung zum grenzüberschreitenden Wissensmanagement großer multinationaler Unternehmen steht die Frage nach der Bedeutung und Motivation von Forschungsaktivitäten im Ausland. Ebenso wurde das Profil der Auslandsforschung im Hinblick auf Technikfelder untersucht. Die Autoren gingen diesen Fragen im Rahmen einer großen Sammlung von Fallstudien nach, für die 88 deutsche Unternehmen aus den Sektoren Chemie, Elektrotechnik, Maschinenbau und Kraftfahrzeugbau detailliert analysiert wurden. Um die Einschätzung des Forschungsstandortes Deutschland abzurunden, wurden parallel dazu auch die Aktivitäten von 47 ausländischen Unternehmen in Deutschland untersucht.