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Improving the Regional Innovation Scoreboard for policy : how about innovation efficiency? Ghent University
This paper aims to improve the Regional Innovation Scoreboard as an instrument for policy-making. Dynamic slack-based models of data envelopment analysis to measure innovation output efficiency in 207 European regions demonstrate that the scale-based performance classification of the Scoreboard into 'leader', 'strong', 'moderate', and 'modest' innovator regions inadequately reflects differences in efficiency in transforming knowledge inputs into ...
“Is Innovation Always Good for You? New Policy Challenges for Research and Innovation” Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Closing the policy cycle: Increasing the utilization of evaluation findings in research, technological development and innovation policy design KU Leuven
The limited take-up of evaluation findings in RTDI policy (re-)design remains a major concern to policy-makers and the evaluation community. To identify the main opportunities for closing the policy cycle, an in-depth analysis was undertaken of 53 purposely chosen evaluation exercises ordered by public administrations and agencies in the field of RTDI. The focus was on evaluations of non-thematic (i.e. general) RTDI funding measures in the areas ...
The construction of the European institute of innovation and technology : policy ideas and European realities Ghent University
Innovation in Small Region’s Media Sectors. Assessing the Impact of Policy in Flanders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This chapter evaluates innovation policy in the specific context of a relatively small media sector - the Flemish broadcasting sector. One of the difficulties in doing so is related to idiosyncratic and incompatible views on what innovation in the media sector entails. Therefore, this chapter provides a novel conceptualisation of innovation in the media industries, which combined with insights from previous research on impact assessment and ...
ROBUST REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY LEARNING: KEY LESSONS FROM A LARGE-SCALE INTERVENTION PROGRAM Hasselt University
Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is one of the main objectives set in the Lisbon agenda. In this paper, a large-scale intervention program is reflected upon that aimed for the enhancement of innovation in 650 SMEs in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine. In particular, four lessons are drawn concerning the design and implementation of robust regional innovation policy. Sustainability is a goal that can be reached when innovation ...
Toward circular economy : the impact of policy instruments on circular economy innovation for European small medium enterprises Ghent University
The transition from current linear economy toward a circular economy (CE) needs the adoption and diffusion of circular economy innovation (CEI). However, the rate and direction of CEI influenced by policy instruments are still not well understood. This paper explores the roles of demand-pull and technology-push policy instruments in shaping CEI in Europe. The different impacts on the adoption across different sectors and the specific effects on ...
Exploring a theoretical framework to structure the public policy implications of open innovation University of Antwerp Hasselt University
Open innovation is increasingly popular among practitioners and scholars, but its implications for public policy making have not yet been analysed in detail. This paper explores a theoretical framework to structure the debate about public policy making that facilitates open innovation. We first define open innovation in terms of firms' open innovation practices and external conditions that encourage enterprises to practice open innovation. We ...
A next step in collaborative policy innovation research: Analyzing interactions using exponential random graph modelling KU Leuven
Collaborative policy innovation is a relatively new research niche in the public innovation literature. Collaborative policy innovation can be interpreted as processes in which a multitude of actors intentionally work together to develop, realize and propagate enriched policy solutions that are radically different from their predecessors in terms of policy understanding, program theory, objectives, and strategies in order to tame unmet societal ...