Exploration of trending concepts in innovation policy

Verónica Robert () and Gabriel Yoguel
Additional contact information
Verónica Robert: Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Escuela Interdisciplinaria de Altos Estudios Sociales

Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2022, vol. 3, issue 2, 259-292

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we identify five concepts of innovation policy which, although not new, have recently emerged in specialized literature as main organizers of interventions in the science, technology, and innovation fields. They are (i) smart specialization policies, (ii) policy mix, (iii) transformative innovation policy, (iv) mission-oriented policy, and (v) holistic innovation policy. These concepts establish criteria and intervention modalities. In most cases, their conceptual and theoretical basis is implicit or eclectic. In this paper, we analyze the five concepts through the lens of a three-dimensional analytical matrix: (i) the policy rationale, (ii) the policy-making process, and (iii) the policy style. This analysis allows us to elucidate the position of each concept in a theoretical framings map.

Keywords: Science technology and innovation policy; Policy rationale; Policy process; Conventions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 H59 L53 O25 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43253-022-00064-9 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:revepe:v:3:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s43253-022-00064-9

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.springer.com/journal/43253

DOI: 10.1007/s43253-022-00064-9

Access Statistics for this article

Review of Evolutionary Political Economy is currently edited by Wolfram Elsner

More articles in Review of Evolutionary Political Economy from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().