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Innovation for All?
Learning from the Portuguese Path to Technical Change and the Dynamics of Innovation
Innovation for All?
Learning from the Portuguese Path to Technical Change and the Dynamics of Innovation
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At the macroeconomic level innovation increasingly means the ability of institutions to cope with uncertainty and change. This change can be associated with technological advances, but also with modifications to the regulatory framework of an industry, shifts in consumer preferences, emerging demographic trends, or even major alternations of global geopolitics. The changes brought about by these conditions ripple throughout an economy, affecting national institutions and individual citizens alike. Innovation for All? considers the case of Portugal from the perspective of innovation theory, providing new insights on how knowledge is generated and diffused over time and across space. The lessons from Portugal's experience can be applied more broadly to understand the challenges of developing policies that simultaneously promote scientific and technological innovation, societal creativity, and economic growth.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: The Open-Ended Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Innovation
AN EVOLVING SCENARIO: PORTUGAL IN EUROPE
A Dual Society
Excellence of Research in Portugal
Characteristics of Innovation in Portugal: The European Context
The Challenge of Productivity Growth
LEARNING FROM HISTORY
Looking at Innovation over Time and Across Space: The Relevance of Technical Change
Beyond Technical Change: Building Competences and the Emergence of Innovation Studies and Policies
Engineering Education in Portugal: Still Looking for Diversification
The System of Science and Technology in Portugal: An Heavy Heritage
BUILDING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The Learning Society: A Framework to Understand the New Demands for Being Innovative
Deepening our Understanding of Learning Towards Innovation: Building on the Economics of Knowledge
Building on Social Capital
TOWARDS A LEARNING SOCIETY
Relying on Science and Technology Policy?
Adapting Universities
Fostering Systems of Innovation and Competence Building: The Challenges of Inclusiveness
Summary and Closure
References
Index
About the Authors
Product details
| Published | Jan 30 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781567205480 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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