Browsing 2011 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy by Issue Date
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Evaluation System Barriers for the Third Mission in the Universities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)In recent years, the European Commission and the OECD have emphasized the need of a cultural change in universities to foster the so-called Third Mission. Otherwise, different researches have proved a growing role of the ... -
The “10/90 Gap” in Health Related Nanotechnology Research
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper examines inequality within nanohealth research. After conducting a bibliometric analysis of Web of Science and PubMed, I conclude that most nanotechnology research is geared towards diseases that affect the rich ... -
Why Nature of Professional Relationships Matter: the Resources Scientists Acquire From Their Personal Networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This study models personal professional networks of academic scientists as comprised of multiplex relationships. It argues that relational multiplexity affects intensity of the knowledge exchange and resource flow. The ... -
System of Innovation and Its Relevance for the Emergence of New Technology
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This study aims to examine how features of key actors within system of innovation in Taiwan function together to shape patterns in the development of the newly emergent technology. Cloud computing is chosen as example. ... -
R3D: Reconceptualizing the Innovation Process and the Role of Participants
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The innovation process is reconceptualized beyond research and development to include the demonstration and the deployment of technology. Building capacity for invention and innovation requires understanding and strengthening ... -
Institutional Integration as Capacity Building: The Case of Bayh-Dole
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)I introduce the concept of institutional integration in the context of anticipatory governance. The aim of anticipatory integration is to build capacities for socially robust innovation. I illustrate this concept with an ... -
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies as an Input to Policy-making: an Exploratory Study of Citations in UK Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Documents (1990-2010)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Publications on science, technology and innovation (STI) policy have increased recently. Analysing citations in UK policy documents (1990-2010), this paper notes the institutions, authors, and journals. Four policy fields ... -
Economic Growth Plus Rural Development: An Examination of China’s Solar Power Policies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research paper describes China s policy-making process with regard to solar energy in the period 1996-2010. Major findings suggest China is pursuing a comprehensive energy plan that includes restructuring the energy ... -
Commercialization of New and Emerging Technologies:A Cross Country Comparison of Graphene Firms
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research employs a web-scraping methodology to 1) investigate country level differences among twenty graphene SMEs and 2) devise several measures that gauge the extent to which firm specialization in graphene coincides ... -
Key Success Factors in the Quest for Interdisciplinary Knowledge
(2011-09-15)The changing dynamics of scientific research means that it is often called upon to generate innovative solutions to complex, multi-dimensional, policy-related problems on a regional, national or global scale. The ability ... -
How Did the US Innovate Before Modern Institutions and Policies?: Battles Over S&T in the Era of Good Feelings, 1816-1829
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper investigates the reciprocal causal relationship between technological change and American political-economic development. It will show how colonial science and technology was a political issue, not simply the ... -
Research Coordination by Intermediary Organizations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Recently, many science systems have faced the rise of thematic task forces and national research programmes aiming to coordinate research activities in areas of strategic priority. This paper explores the mechanisms ... -
Evaluating the Use of Non-Patent Reference for linking Science and Technology
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This study verifies the systematic noise of non-patent reference by full-spectrum analysis, this study scans USPTO patents between 1976 and 2010 and retrieves the most highly cited non-patent references in USPTO, and compare ... -
How Does "Diffusion of Innovations" Explain the "Energy Efficiency Gap" in the Residential Buildings?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Several technologies offer potential for large energy savings; however, there is a difference between technological potential and actual market behavior, called energy efficiency gap . In this research, Diffusion of ... -
A Review of National University Research Evaluation and Funding Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper aims to provide an overview of performance-based funding systems for public research in research intensive universities. It explores the types of performance-based funding systems in use, their rationale, goals ... -
Financial Constraints and innovation investment in Latin America: Evidence from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)In this paper, we study the effect of financing constraints on innovation and R&D investment in three Latin American countries (namely Argentina, Uruguay and Chile) using Innovation surveys covering firms both in manufacturing ... -
The impact of ERC on universities and research organisations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper seeks to analyse strategic reactions of universities and research organisations to an external shock i.e. the new funding instruments of the European Research Council. It analyses how changes are mediated through ... -
Social and Technological Entrepreneurship -- Do the Twain Ever Meet?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Entrepreneurship is an enduring theme in innovation studies and a long-standing object of innovation policy. Social enterprises broadly defined, are those which apply business principles to solve social problems. This paper ... -
Evaluation of Behavioural Additionality of Innovation Policy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The concept of behavioural additionality proposes to study analytically what happens inside the firm as a result of the government intervention by asking the question "what difference does policy make in the behaviour of ... -
Societal Impact of Academic Research Through Networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This paper is about influence of governance of research networks on societal impact. We have studied two Dutch national research consortia of universities, governments and industry. Through comparison, we learn i) how ...