Innovation systems: analytical and methodological issues

Technological innovation systems in contexts: Conceptualizing contextual structures and interaction dynamics

“…system boundaries can be set in many different ways depending on the research interest of the analyst and often have to be adjusted as the analysis proceeds (Bergek et al, 2008a;Carlsson et al, 2002). In principle, the aim of boundary setting is to determine what technology and what level of analysis (a knowledge field, a product or one or more applications of the technology) is in focus (Carlsson et al, 2002). It is also common in empirical analyses to use some kind of geographical delimitation, e.g.…”

“…It is also common in empirical analyses to use some kind of geographical delimitation, e.g. a region or a country, but it should be noted that this does not follow from the definition of a TIS (Bergek et al, 2008b;Carlsson et al, 2002). In the following, we will call an analytically delimited object of analysis a "focal TIS".…”

National innovation system capabilities among leader and follower countries: widening gaps or global convergence?

“…Notably, Miettinen (2002) has criticized the employment of the approach as a policy tool, Carlsson et al (2002) have discussed the problems related to the delineation of innovation systems, since NISs do not develop in isolation but are influenced by other countries and their NISs (Davenport and Bibby 1999), and for example Intarakumnerd, Chairatana, and Tangchitpiboon (2002) have pinpointed some complications inherent in adopting such an approach in the context of developing countries. Additionally, the difficulties related to the empirical validation of the concept and crosscountry comparisons of NISs have been discussed in a range of studies (e.g.…”

Institutional analysis of technical innovation

“…Im Anschluss an die bahnbrechende Studie von Porter (1990), der zehn wichtige Industrieländer auf ihre, vor allem technologische, Wettbewerbsfähigkeit untersucht, führen diese Arbeiten Innovationsfähigkeit auf den Einfluss national variierender institutioneller Konstellationen zurück (Edquist 1997). Im Mittelpunkt stehen Produkt-und Prozessinnovationen in Technologie basierten Industrien (Carlsson et al 2002). Die Erfindung, vor allem aber die Ausbreitung von Neuerungen wird nicht als einmaliger Akt, sondern als ein Prozess betrachtet, der (auch) durch institutionelle Konstellationen und Strukturen geformt wird und sich deshalb von Land zu Land unterscheidet.…”