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Handbook of Innovation Indicators and Measurement
Author(s): Fred Gault
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 28 Jun. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 512 pages
- ISBN-10: 0857933647
- ISBN-13: 9780857933645
Book Description
This Handbook comprehensively examines indicators and statistical measurement related to innovation (as defined in the OECD/Eurostat Oslo Manual). It deals with the development and the use of innovation indicators to support decision-making and is written by authors who are practitioners, who know what works and what does not, in order to improve the development of indicators to satisfy future policy needs.
This unique volume presents:
- the historical and geographical context for innovation indicators and measurement
- practical examples of how measurement is actually undertaken
- new areas of innovation indicators and measurement, including consumer innovation, public sector innovation and social innovation.
This informative Handbook will appeal to policy makers in government departments, statistical offices and research institutes and international organizations such as the EU, OECD and the UN, as well as university departments of economics, sociology, law, science and technology, and public policy.
Contributors: E. Aho, M. Alkio, A. Arundel, C. Bloch, J.P.J. de Jong, F. Foyn, K. Fursov, F. Galindo-Rueda, F. Gault, L. Gokhberg, N. Greenan, C.T. Hill, H. Hollanders, T. Ijichi, N. Janz, K. Joseph, I. Lakaniemi, E. Lorenz, D. Meissner, I. Miles, G. Mulgan, W. Norman, K. O’Brien, G. Perani, B. Peters, C. Rammer, K. Smith, A. Sokolov, A. Torugsa, E. von Hippel, A.W. Wyckoff
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The book is recommended for the scholars in STI studies and scientometrics. The book will also help the practitioners and science policy analysts who are involved in measuring industrial and social innovations at the regional, national, or enterprise-level.’ — Anup Kumar Das, Journal of Scientometric Research
‘This book is a remarkable guide to why innovation matters, why good innovation statistics and indicators are essential guides for effective innovation strategies and policy interventions, and where innovation statistics have to go next.’ — David Crane, Research Money
‘This volume is a must read for anyone interested in understanding innovation indicators and their application in policy-making and measuring innovation. Its exhaustive coverage and discus-sions of many emerging issues makes it an important con-tribution to the literature on this topic.’ — Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Science & Public Policy
‘A great book to understand and foster innovation at all levels: a truly innovative piece of work.’ — Enrico Giovannini, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
About the Author
Edited by Fred Gault, Professorial Fellow, UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands, Professor Extraordinaire and Member of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
