Mapping National Innovation Ecosystems: Foundations for Policy Consensus - Hardcover

Frenkel, Amnon; Maital, Shlomo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782546804 ISBN 13: 9781782546801

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Increasingly, researchers and policymakers alike recognize that innovations are generated by complex and dynamic national ecosystems that include government, industry, universities and schools. Because these systems differ by country and are strongly influenced by culture, effective policy and research strategies require a systems approach, in which policy consensus is built on a clear understanding of how each nation's innovation ecosystem functions.

This book outlines a unique methodology for constructing visual maps of national innovation ecosystems. The authors provide completed maps for six countries (Israel, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Singapore), and two regions (Greater Toronto and ZhiangJiang Technology Park in Shanghai), along with detailed breakdowns of the policy implications emerging from each. These in-depth examples and a clear methodological approach offer a comprehensive guide for constructing visual portrayals of innovation systems and demonstrate why this is a vital exercise.

Scholars and students of innovation and management will find this book an invaluable resource, as will innovation policymakers across the world.

Contents:
1. Towards national innovation system
2. Method for mapping innovation ecosystems
3. The Israeli national innovation ecosystem
4. The Polish national innovation ecosystem
5. The German national innovation ecosystem
6. The French national innovation ecosystem
7. The Spanish national innovation ecosystem
8. The health industry innovation ecosystem in the of Ontario, Canada
9. The innovation ecosystem in Shanghai, China
10. The Singaporian national innovation ecosystem
11. Conclusion: A Comparison of national & regional innovation ecosystems
Epilog: Systems mindset as foundations for policy
References
Index

About this title

About the Author

Amnon Frenkel, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, and Senior Researcher, S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion, Israel and Shlomo Maital, Senior Research Fellow, S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion, Haifa, Israel

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782546804
• ISBN 13: 9781782546801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264