Government Innovation Policy: Design, Implementation, Evaluation

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Innovation Policy in the United States: An Overview of the Issues....Pages 3-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
An Assessment of Government Innovation Policies....Pages 19-35
Knowledge and Politics in Innovation Policy Design....Pages 37-47
The Politics of Micropolicy: Innovation and Industrial Policy in the United States....Pages 49-62
National Projects in Civilian Technology....Pages 63-74
Implementing National Innovation Policies Through Private Decisionmaking....Pages 75-89
Technological Innovation Policy: The Role of the States....Pages 91-104
Political and Administrative Aspects of State High-Technology Programmes....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Evaluation of Industrial Innovation Policy: Concepts, Methods and Lessons....Pages 121-133
The Evaluation of Government Policies for Innovation....Pages 135-146
The Measurement of Technology and Innovation....Pages 147-157
Evaluating Programme Innovation: A Policy Perspective....Pages 159-171
Evaluating Programmes for Encouraging Technological Innovation: Deducing Policy Conclusions from Practice....Pages 173-183
The Use of Indicators and Measures of the R & D Process in Evaluating Science and Technology Programmes....Pages 185-203
Back Matter....Pages 205-208