If Freeman had seen the COVID-19 crisis. Reflections over the need for global congruence

IF 1.4 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Innovation and Development Pub Date : 2021-05-27 DOI:10.1080/2157930X.2021.1930888

F. Fiorentin, D. Suárez

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The objective of this short comment is to reflect on Freeman’s concept of congruence from his 2002 article ‘Continental, national and sub-national innovation systems—complementarity and economic growth’, in the new COVID-19 word. There, Freeman argued about the need for coherence between the different nations’ sub-systems and between the national, continental and global spheres in the matter of development. The emphasis was on the different types of (in)congruence of the different sub-systems of societies – e.g. education, science, technology, politics, culture, among others– that led to specific (under)development paths. The COVID – 19 crisis poses a new stage in the globalization process, and development is still a global challenge, both in terms of preventing new crises and overcoming future ones. Connecting the thoughts of Freeman to these challenges might contribute to a necessary renewed debate about development in current times.

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如果弗里曼看到了COVID-19危机。对全球一致性需求的反思

这篇简短评论的目的是反思弗里曼在2002年发表的文章《大陆、国家和地方创新系统——互补性和经济增长》中的一致性概念，用新的COVID-19词。在那里，弗里曼论证了在发展问题上，不同国家的子系统之间以及国家、大陆和全球领域之间需要保持一致性。重点是社会的不同子系统- -例如教育、科学、技术、政治、文化等- -的不同类型的一致性，从而导致具体的(下)发展道路。新冠肺炎疫情标志着全球化进程进入了一个新阶段，无论从预防新危机还是克服未来危机的角度来看，发展仍然是一个全球性挑战。将弗里曼的思想与这些挑战联系起来，可能有助于对当前时代的发展进行必要的重新辩论。

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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.