Mapping National Innovation Ecosystems Foundations for Policy Consensus
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Biographical note
Amnon Frenkel, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, and Senior Researcher, S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion, Israel and Shlomo Maital, Senior Research Fellow, S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Technion, Haifa, Israel<i>'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for decision-making practitioners that links theory with case-based learning opportunities.'</i><br /> --Michael Radnor, Chairman and co-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium (GATIC)<p><i>'A must read for national policy makers, this book highlights the role of innovation in overall economic wellbeing and the importance of a system-based approach to designing national innovation policies'</i><br /> --Brendan Cahill, Partner, BearingPoint</p><p><i>'Every national innovation ecosystem is based on the country's history, culture, people and environment. This book is essential reading for policy-makers in any region or nation, especially for nations such as China, in the process of developing an innovation-based economy.'</i><br /> --Gu Peihua, Provost, Shantou University, China</p>
This book outlines a unique methodology for constructing visual maps of national innovation ecosystems. The authors provide completed maps for six countries (Israel, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Singapore), and two regions (Greater Toronto and ZhiangJiang Technology Park in Shanghai), along with detailed breakdowns of the policy implications emerging from each. These in-depth examples and a clear methodological approach offer a comprehensive guide for constructing visual portrayals of innovation systems and demonstrate why this is a vital exercise.
Scholars and students of innovation and management will find this book an invaluable resource, as will innovation policymakers across the world.
Contents:
1. Towards national innovation system
2. Method for mapping innovation ecosystems
3. The Israeli national innovation ecosystem
4. The Polish national innovation ecosystem
5. The German national innovation ecosystem
6. The French national innovation ecosystem
7. The Spanish national innovation ecosystem
8. The health industry innovation ecosystem in the of Ontario, Canada
9. The innovation ecosystem in Shanghai, China
10. The Singaporian national innovation ecosystem
11. Conclusion: A Comparison of national & regional innovation ecosystems
Epilog: Systems mindset as foundations for policy
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