New challenges for innovation policies in an uneven European innovation panorama: lessons from evaluation experiences
The article addresses the recent changes in science and inno- vation policy studies from an European perspective. Based on the monitoring and evaluation exercises of four different innovation policy exercises carried out in Spain over the last years, we reflect on the challenges of European innovati...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositório: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/171437 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/171437 https://doi.org/10.4081/peasa.52 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | R&D and innovation policy Science and innovation policy studies Evaluation Development Europe |
| Resumo: | The article addresses the recent changes in science and inno- vation policy studies from an European perspective. Based on the monitoring and evaluation exercises of four different innovation policy exercises carried out in Spain over the last years, we reflect on the challenges of European innovation policy. The monitoring and evaluation exercises cover different administrative levels (na- tional, regional and European) and methodological approaches (impact evaluation and more qualitative-oriented) including: an impact-evaluation exercise of the Research and Development (R&D) public funding programme for firms granted by the main innovation agency in Spain (The Centre for the Development for Industrial Technology CDTI); two survey-based research on R&D from the workers and from the managerial perspective; and a monitoring exercise on the Smart Specialisation Exercises (S3) of three regions (Extremadura, Valencian Community and Catalonia) and the national S3 programme. We find that it is important to ad- dress the strengths and limitations of programmes and policies framed in previous innovation policies (innovation for growth and national systems of innovations), while improving coordination between innovation policies with other policy areas, layers (strate- gic, managerial and performance) and levels (national and re- gional). In addition, we signal the importance of broadening the understanding innovation to move towards a more transforma- tive-oriented policy paradigm. We indicate that a broad under- standing of innovation is especially important for less developed countries and regions to catch-up. |
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