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Working in Open Innovation. How to Determine Networks and Their Relationship Using Techmining
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This article provides an overview of the main actors in the waste recycled sector mining research results and scientifical databases. The paper offers a comprehensive view of the main players and their relations, the ... -
Innovation and Public Goods: Implications for Policymaking and Economic Development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Based on recent findings of an empirical study (Dutrénit, et al, 2011) funded by the Mexican Ministry of Economy, this paper examines the nature of innovation in developing countries (emphasizing the case of México) and ... -
Technological Catch-down to Build Capacity - a Case Study of the Chinese Mobile Phone Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The paper examined a relative new phnomenon-shanzhai mobile phones in the Chinese telecommunication industry. It has framed the phenomenon into the catch-up theory while admitting the unique characteristics, adopting a ... -
Impacts of the ERC on the research funding landscape in Europe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The paper studies early impacts of the recently established European Research Council on the national funding councils in the EU member states. An important part of the paper is a discussion of an appropriate conceptual ... -
Supporting 'Frontier Research': The Limitations of Peer Review
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The study focuses on the peer review practices as they have emerged in the new European Research Council, the reviewers understanding of excellence and frontier research , and the considerations concerning risks and ... -
Studying the Impact of Research Funding Schemes: From the Construction of Opportunities to Attributable Change
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)In this paper we present a novel methodological approach for measuring and attributing the impact that depends on an understanding of the causal processes linking the funding schemes to changes in the content of research, ... -
University-Industry Collaboration and Regional Innovation Systems in China: The Cases of Fujian and Hubei Provinces
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Nanotechnology and the Millennium Development Goals: Energy, Water, and Agri-food
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)We analyzed the progress in pro-poor nanotechnology applications in energy, water, and agrifood sectors in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We considered the results from an international panel of ... -
DNA Rockstar: Using Interactive Media to Teach Genetic Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The game DNA Rockstar! is the result of research conducted through the National Science Foundation s Graduate STEM Fellow GK-12 grant. Students use a familiar gaming environment (similar to Guitar Hero) to learn the basic ... -
How does the enforcement of intellectual property protection influence innovation and entrepreneurship?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)This research introduces a methodology that combines analysis of cited literature and cited patents to explore differences and similarities between nano-biosensor (NBS) science and technology.The analysis of cited literature ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
How much broad should be the definition of innovation to inform policy decisions for promoting innovation in developing countries? Learning from the Mexican case
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)The discovery that some Japanese firms could compete successfully with their United States counterparts, and later Korean firms and from other newly industrializing countries, contributed to focus the attention of scholars ... -
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 ... -
Personal Protective Technology Conformity Assessment in the United States: Federal Activities and Perspective
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)A recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report presented various perspectives regarding the appropriate levels of assurance needed to demonstrate that each product within the wide variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) ... -
The Diverse Variables To Consider When Planning and Assessing Public Research Portfolios
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Analysis of public research portfolios should reflect the life cycle of the innovation process. This paper will characterize and organize the variables that could be considered in portfolio analysis for publicly funded ... -
A New Technology Transfer Scheme for the Periphery: The case of INTA in Argentina
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-09-15)Argentina faces many productive problems that would benefit from scientific and technological contributions for their solution. INTA, a public R&D agricultural agency, has worked hard in solving them. In this paper, we ...