Innovation Policy Instruments
2007 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The Lisbon Agenda that was launched in 2000, and had a set time-period of ten years. The purpose of the Lisbon Agenda was to make the EU the most competitive, knowledge-based economy in the world, and at the same time preserving, or even improving social cohesion and maintain environmental sustainability. The Lisbon Agenda had a large number of goals, in both quantified and qualified measures, in different areas. The main instrument that was put forward was the open method of co-ordination (OMC) that includes indicators, benchmarking, peer pressure, and best practise demonstrations.
The forthcoming Lisbon Agenda will certainly need new approaches, and new instruments. One of the areas of instruments that can be further explored is innovation policies where the use of R&D and human capital is enhanced. Human capital is a natural part of a knowledge-based economy, and has positive impacts on growth, and jobs in the economy. Innovation policy instruments are diversified and are integrated in many areas of an economy and on many levels, which make them ideal for the next Lisbon Agenda. The instruments can have a general or specific characteristics and some span over the two characteristics.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS , 2007. , p. 32
Series
CESIS Electronic Working Paper Series ; 105
Keywords [en]
Lisbon Agenda, innovation policy instruments, beyond Lisbon 2010
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-5494OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-5494DiVA, id: diva2:36314
2008-03-202008-03-202009-08-20Bibliographically approved