Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs) David Ockwell & Rob Byrne a Department of Geography, STEPS Centre, Sussex Energy Group and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, Chichester 1, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK b SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), STEPS Centre, Sus...

This paper analyzes the cooperative model as a trend towards new types or relations within National Innovation Systems. Based on the review of the evolution of the national innovations systems and the analysis of the meaning of cooperation in the technological field, we expose that a cooperative innovation system model fulfill the ultimate objective of satisfying the technological requirements ...

Introduction The development of nanotechnology has been spawned a large body of research on the economic and societal implications of this new technology. Much of this literature emphasizes the ways in which nanotechnology research represents a “New Wave” of public policy and inter-institutional relationships in the U.S. national innovation system, a concept that I define in greater detail belo...

Health Science and Technology is currently the subject matter of government and university actions. Such actions should converge to the establishment of a National Health Innovation System, which still calls for acknowledgment from the economic sector counterpart. A study was carried out with the purpose of describing the relations between scientific fields and economic sectors as a means of le...

In the last years, the research in diverse disciplines has increased the importance of innovation studies at the national level. In this sense, this paper proposes the development of National Innovation Systems (NIS) and its application to the economy in Mexico. Considering the characteristics and limitations of the study region, the mentioned proposal of NIS it is necessary to integrate the st...