{"title":"Do R&D Programs of Different Government Levels Overlap in the European Union?","authors":"I. Busom, A. Fernandez-Ribas","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472895","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple levels of government currently design and implement research and innovation programs both in the US and in Europe. Empirical analysis of interdependencies among programs has not been fully explored, however. Our contribution is a first step in understanding potential complementarities across R&D programs. Using a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms, we study the determinants of firms' participation in national and in European level research programs and test for differences across programs. Our results suggest that firms' participation in European and national R&D programs is largely driven by different factors. We interpret these results as suggesting that, ex-post, there is no significant overlap of R&D policies between these two government levels, as intended ex-ante by policymakers in fulfillment of the principle of subsidiarity.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"220-223 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126881814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Public Management for Science, Technology, and Innovation","authors":"Gouk TaeKim","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472907","url":null,"abstract":"This extended abstract is a short version of a paper presented at the Atlanta Conference on STI Policy 2007, Atlanta, GA. The purpose of this paper is to try to describe how to make NPM practice fit with Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) management. The author narrows the research focus on the influence of both the new business sector technology innovation management strategies and Science and Technology in Society (STS) perspectives on establishing NPM strategies for STI.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"22 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114232577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioethanol and Technological Innovation Systems. A comparative analysis between the U.S. and Brazil","authors":"E. Harari","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472886","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uses the functions of technological systems of innovation to compare the evolution of bioethanol for the transportation sector between the U.S. and Brazil. It argues that differences in how functions of innovation operate within each system can explain different performances of bioethanol development over time. Despite the economic crisis of the 1980s, Brazil's strong strategic guidance on research led the ethanol innovation system to reach a virtuous cycle of development. The weak strategic guidance in research towards biofuels in the U.S., especially during the 1980s broke the ongoing ethanol innovation cycle of development, preventing the country to become the world technological leader in the production of bioethanol.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115893549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The growth performance of India telecommunications services industry, 1991-2006 Can it lead to the emergence of a domestic manufacturing hub?","authors":"S. Mani","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472878","url":null,"abstract":"The study thus show that the telecom industry is a fine example of what can be achieved by easing governmental regulations with respect to production, imports and exports and focusing more on tariffs and other conditions of sale. The growth of the services segment of the industry appears to be spawning a manufacturing industry. In order to sustain this high growth, the government ought to be very serious about examining various proposals for bridging the digital divide through the support of private sector service providers as well. But unlike the Chinese case, the colour of one part of this industry is largely foreign. The policy focus of the government would be to maximize the spillovers of this activity to local Indian companies especially downstream industries such as components and semiconductor manufacturing. A beginning towards this has been made. The formation of a Telecom Equipment Export Forum and the announcement of the Indian Semiconductor Policy 2007 are right steps in this direction. Success crucially depends on the response of the private sector to these incentives. Given the importance that a regulatory agency can play in this crafting, no effort should be lost in strengthening the powers of the TRAI. The benefits to the Indian economy from having both a strong services and manufacturing segments in the telecom sector cannot be undermined.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"130 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130149961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Return Migration and the Internationalization of China's Plant Molecular Biological Research System","authors":"K. Jonkers","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472891","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to contribute to the debate on the relationship between scientific mobility and international collaboration. In addition it shows an effect of social scientific capital which is independent of human scientific capital. In doing so it contributes to the literature on human scientific and technical capital.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130861494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technological Emergence and Adaptation: The Case of Earth-Orbiting Satellites","authors":"M. Richards, D. Hastings, D. Newman","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472879","url":null,"abstract":"It is only through experience with technology that users and developers discover its emergent consequences. This paper provides an interdisciplinary view of adaptation, surveys the evolution and emergent consequences of Earth-orbiting satellites, and examines how the space industry adapted to new information on its impacts. General conclusions regarding technological adaptation are that (1) adaptations are frequently driven by disruptive events, (2) the pace of adaptation is correlated with technology accessibility and the size of the installed user base, and (3) the integration of a technology with a society may be viewed as a process of stakeholder alignment.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123333684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Foreign Science Policy on U.S. Research","authors":"D. Hicks","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472889","url":null,"abstract":"Increased emphasis on strengthening national scientific communities has been seen around the world in recent decades. The US scientific community will feel the effects. The global scientific landscape has changed. Over the past decade many governments became convinced that their economic futures lay with knowledge-based economies in which research is central. Governments sought to strengthen national research, swiftly building capability and fostering a sharper competitive culture. As a result, foreign scientific communities have become more competitive and publication output increased. From within the fast-paced US research community these changes may be little noticed, their significance obscure. The effects of these changes have been easy to underestimate because the size of the US scientific enterprise still dwarfs that of any other country. Nevertheless, in aggregate these shifts are beginning to have an impact on US research.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117154152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Dutrénit, M. P. Anyul, L. Sanz-Menéndez, M. Teubal, A. Vera-Cruz
{"title":"Coevolution of science and technology and innovation: a three stage model of policies based on the Mexican case","authors":"G. Dutrénit, M. P. Anyul, L. Sanz-Menéndez, M. Teubal, A. Vera-Cruz","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472883","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to discuss the coevolution between two arenas, on one side the Science and Technology (S&T)1, and on the other the Innovation (Innov), from a developing country's perspective. It argues that in the context of the knowledge economy, the coevolution of these arenas is crucial for this type of countries to transit to a development process. The discovery that some Japanese firms as well as firms from Korea and other newly industrializing countries could compete successfully with their United States counterparts contributed to focus the attention of scholars and policy makers on the conditions of a successful catching up process. From the 1980s there has been a sudden increase of books and papers focusing on the function of science, technology and innovation (STI), and on their interrelations, for the development processes.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116040412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intellectual Property and the Commons in Synthetic Biology: Strategies to Facilitate an Emerging Technology","authors":"R. Wellhausen, K. Oye","doi":"10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSTIP.2007.4472901","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Synthetic biology is an emerging discipline that uses engineering principles to design and assemble biological components. Potential applications span medicine, energy, and other fields. But there is evidence that ambiguous intellectual property rights claims create an \"anti-commons\" problem in which legal concerns deter innovation and challenge some synthetic biologists' fervent open-source ethos. This paper discusses intellectual property rights (IPR) conflicts in basic research and in commercialization.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126447424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upgrading through Innovation in a Small Network Economy: Insights from Taiwan's IT industry","authors":"D. Ernst","doi":"10.1080/10438590802469560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10438590802469560","url":null,"abstract":"Using illustrative examples from Taiwan's IT industry, this paper explores how internationalization of R&D affects government policies for developing knowledge economies. The examples draw on the author's original research as well as secondary literature.","PeriodicalId":423894,"journal":{"name":"2007 Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127419186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}