Freeman’s broadening contribution revisited: reasoned-history and systemic STI policies from South America to the Global South

IF 1.4 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Innovation and Development Pub Date : 2021-05-24 DOI:10.1080/2157930X.2021.1930378

Manuel Gonzalo

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this short essay is to revisit and reposition Freeman’s broadening research and methodological contribution. In the first section, I point out that: (a) in conceptual terms, Freeman has worked in order to move away from the narrow R&D focus of the endogenous growth theory to develop the systemic understanding of the social process of evolution, particularly focusing on STI policies and (b) in methodological terms, Freeman has moved away from mere econometric and cliometrics approaches to reasoned-history, looking to reconciler the separation between history and economic theory under a heterodox framework. In the second section, I briefly contextualize Freeman’s interaction with the South American scholars on science, technology and society in order to frame how Freeman’s conceptual and methodological approaches helped me during my PhD Thesis research process. The essay concludes with some potential Global South dialogue on innovation, development and growth.

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重新审视弗里曼不断扩大的贡献:从南美到全球南方的理性历史和系统性科技创新政策

这篇短文的目的是重新审视和重新定位弗里曼不断扩大的研究和方法论贡献。在第一部分，我指出:(a)在概念方面，弗里曼致力于摆脱内生增长理论的狭窄研发焦点，以发展对社会进化过程的系统理解，特别是关注科技创新政策;(b)在方法论方面，弗里曼已经从单纯的计量经济学和计量学方法转向理性历史，寻求在非正统框架下调和历史与经济理论之间的分离。在第二部分中，我简要地将弗里曼与南美学者在科学、技术和社会方面的互动置于背景中，以构建弗里曼的概念和方法论方法如何在我的博士论文研究过程中帮助我。文章最后提出了一些关于创新、发展和增长的潜在全球南方对话。

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Innovation and Development Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： conomic development and growth depend as much on social innovations as on technological advances. However, the discourse has often been confined to technological innovations in the industrial sector, with insufficient attention being paid to institutional and organisational change and to the informal sector which in some countries in the South plays a significant role. Innovation and Development is an interdisciplinary journal that adopts a broad approach to the study of innovation, in all sectors of the economy and sections of society, furthering understanding of the multidimensional process of innovation and development. It provides a forum for the discussion of issues pertaining to innovation, development and their interaction, both in the developed and developing world, with the aim of encouraging sustainable and inclusive growth. The journal encourages articles that approach the problem broadly in line with innovation system perspective focusing on the evolutionary and institutional structure of innovation and development. This focus cuts across the disciplines of Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Science and Technology Policy, Geography and Development Practice. In a section entitled Innovation in Practice, the journal includes short reports on innovative experiments with proven development impact with a view to encouraging scholars to undertake systematic inquiries on such experiments. Brief abstracts of degree awarded PhD theses in the broad area of concern for the journal and brief notes which highlight innovative ways of using internet resources and new databases or software are also published.