Innovation on Demand - Can Public Procurement Drive Market Success of Innovations

Role of policy in innovation and international trade of renewable energy technology: Empirical study of solar PV and wind power technology

“…Much of the previous literature confirms the importance of policies in R&D, stressing that public R&D can compensate for a firm's underinvestment as caused by technological uncertainty, market imperfections, and failure in the knowledge market [11,30,53,6]. Lively discussions on market-pull policies address the role of policy on R&D based on theoretical research.…”

Public-private partnerships and investments in innovation: the influence of the contractual arrangement

“…The size of the private party could also have a positive impact, as larger private sector entities have multiple opportunities to invest in incremental innovation, while smaller firms have been acknowledged to be more aggressive (cf. Aschhoff and Sofka, 2009). Repeat awards may also lead to the same outcome.…”

Municipal demand-side policy tools and the strategic management of technology life cycles

“…We explore the use of demand-side instruments in municipalities to promote the adoption and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. This research explores three distinct demand-side tools: (1) procurement, (2) voluntary standards and incentives, and (3) regulations in the context of technology life cycles (Aschhoff and Sofka, 2008;Kim, 2003) providing a model for conceptualizing the utility of these different instruments to achieve municipal, corporate and technology strategy objectives in the context of the s-curve.…”

“…Researchers have begun to consider other demand-side tools for stimulating innovation at a municipality's disposal, such as regulation and standards (Aschhoff and Sofka, 2008). We want to differentiate between voluntary standards and mandatory standards as the latter we address below under regulation.…”