Innovation underpins competitiveness, is crucial to addressing societal challenges, and its support has become a major public policy goal. But what really works in innovation policy, and why? This Handbook, compiled by leading experts in the field, is the first comprehensive guide to understanding the logic and effects of innovation polices. The Handbook develops a conceptualisation and typology of innovation policies, presents meta-evaluations for 16 key innovation policy instruments and analyses evidence on policy-mix. For each policy instrument, underlying rationales and examples are presented, along with a critical analysis of the available impact evidence. Providing access to primary sources of impact analysis, the book offers an insightful assessment of innovation policy practice and its evaluation. The Handbook's final chapter draws overall conclusions, reflects on the merits and limits of evaluation and impact analysis in innovation policy and suggests tangible improvements.This Handbook is an indispensable source for researchers, analysts, students and practitioners of innovation policy at all levels, as well as all those interested in policy analysis and evaluation more generally.
Contents:1. Introduction: Making Sense of Innovation PolicyJakob Edler, Abdullah Gok, Paul Cunningham, and Philip Shapira2. The Impact of Fiscal Incentives for R&DPhilippe Laredo, Christian Kohler and Christian Rammer3. The Impact of Direct Support to R&D and Innovation in FirmsPaul Cunningham, Abdullah Gok and Philippe Laredo4. The Impact of Skill Formation Policies on InnovationBarbara Jones and Damian Grimshaw5. The Impact and Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship PolicyJohn Rigby and Ronnie Ramlogan6. The Impact of Technology and Innovation Advisory ServicesPhilip Shapira and Jan Youtie7. The Impact of Cluster Policy on InnovationElvira Uyarra and Ronnie Ramlogan8. The Impact of Innovation Policy Schemes for CollaborationPaul Cunningham and Abdullah Gok9. The Impact of Innovation NetworksPaul Cunningham and Ronnie Ramlogan10. The Impact of Policy Measures to Stimulate Private Demand for InnovationJakob Edler11. The Impact of Public Procurement of InnovationElvira Uyarra12. The Impact of Pre-Commercial Procurement on InnovationJohn Rigby13. The Impact of Innovation Inducement PrizesAbdullah Gok14. The Impact of Standardisation and Standards on InnovationKnut Blind15. The Impact of Regulation on InnovationKnut Blind16. The Impact of Technology Foresight on Innovation and Innovation PolicyJennifer Cassingena Harper17. The Innovation Policy MixPaul Cunningham, Jakob Edler, Kieron Flanagan and Philippe Laredo18. Conclusions: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Innovation Policy Intervention Jakob Edler, Philip Shapira, Paul Cunningham and Abdullah GokIndex