Public Procurement for Innovation (PPI) – a Pilot Study

Charles Edquist

No 2009/13, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: Public organizations may place an order for something (normally a product or a system) that does not exist. This “something” has to be developed by the supplier before it can be delivered. In other words, R&D and/or innovation are needed before delivery can take place. Until about 10 years ago this phenomenon was called “public technology procurement” Edquist et al 2000). This vocabulary of the 1990s and earlier has changed; the concept of “technology” has been replaced by the concept of “innovation”, reflecting a widening of the content of the notion. The phenomenon is a matter of using public demand (or similar) to trigger innovation. We will use the term “public procurement for innovation (PPI)” to denote this phenomenon. Further definitions are presented in section 2.4.

Keywords: Innovation Systems; innovation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2009-12-01
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