Innovation & Knowledge Economics examines the chief perspectives that have emerged in the last decades about the role of innovation in the economy and in society. Its main aim is to provide readers with the needed instruments to answer questions such us: what is innovation? How does innovation contribute to the different economies' performance? What is the source of innovative capability occurring in different sectors, regions and countries? How does research and science affect innovation? What is the policy role in supporting innovation? In order to answer the above questions in a systematic...

O objectivo ultimo deste livro e fornecer ferramentas para compreender a necessidade de Politicas de Inovacao, os problemas a que estas podem dar resposta e os instrumentos que utilizam. O primeiro capitulo faz uma introducao a politica de inovacao, enquadrando-a no contexto da politica economica, e explicando os fundamentos da sua existencia. Focam-se nao so os fundamentos gerais, geralmente associados as deficiencias do mercado (market failures), mas tambem fundamentos especificos como o sub-investimento em I&D (investigacao e desenvolvimento experimental) e o "problema da...