An evolutionary model of innovation policy: Conceputalizing the growth of knowledge in innovation policy as an evolution of policy alternatives

• Our purpose is to propose a conceptual model of the growth of knowledge in innovation policy making. We explicitly draw upon evolutionary economics in order to conceptualize learning as an evolutionary process of the growth of knowledge about policy problems and their solutions. Our model points to the central role of the variation and selective retention of policy alternatives and contributes to the current debate about how to build capacity through mission-oriented innovation policies, to address grand social challenges.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

innovation policy

evolutionary economics

public policy

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