Design systemic innovation policy for regions in developing country : Case of Zhejiang, China
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2006-10
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en
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Innovation policy has been a dynamic research area in innovation study. At present,
numerous approaches have been verified and suggested in relation to the innovation
policy formulation. However, less attention is paid to regions in developing world. An
attempt is made in this thesis towards that direction. Firstly, I argue that from system
of innovation theory perspective, innovation policy practice for regions in developed
world is a problem solving based process, due to the path dependency of innovation
policy and the development level of advanced economies. Secondly, as regions in
developing world to certain level can not be deemed as regional systems of innovation,
the policy departure point should be constructing the necessary components and
relations of a system of innovation. Then, systemic approaches concerning innovation
policy making can be applied. To support this argument, the innovation policy
practice of Zhejiang (China) is examined by the framework developed in the
theoretical section of the thesis. It is concluded that without this innovation policy
departure point and subsequent systemic approaches concerning various aspects of
innovation policy practice, even a prudentially elaborated innovation policy package
would miss vital ingredients of a system of innovation. This, of course, undermines
the innovativeness of regions in developing world.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen