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Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy

Borrás, Susana LU and Charles, Edquist LU (2013) In CIRCLE Working Paper 2013(28).
Abstract
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on the one hand, and the real world of innovation policy-making on the other, typically not speaking to each other. With this purpose in mind, this paper discusses the role of competences and competence-building in the innovation process from a perspective of innovation systems; it examines how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times ... (More)
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on the one hand, and the real world of innovation policy-making on the other, typically not speaking to each other. With this purpose in mind, this paper discusses the role of competences and competence-building in the innovation process from a perspective of innovation systems; it examines how governments and public agencies in different countries and different times have actually approached the issue of building, maintaining and using competences in their innovation systems; it examines what are the critical and most important issues at stake from the point of view of innovation policy, looking particularly at the unresolved tensions and systemic unbalances related to competences in the system; and last but not least, it elaborates a set of overall criteria for the selection and design of relevant policy instruments addressing those tensions and unbalances. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{The  main  question  that  guides  this  paper  is  how  governments  are  focusing  (and  must  focus)  on  competence  building  (education  and  training)  when  designing  and  implementing  innovation  policies.  With  this  approach,  the  paper  aims  at  filling  the  gap  between  the  existing  literature  on  competences  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  real  world of innovation policy-making on the other, typically not speaking to each other. With  this  purpose  in  mind,  this  paper  discusses  the  role  of  competences  and  competence-building  in  the  innovation  process  from  a  perspective  of  innovation  systems;  it  examines  how  governments  and  public  agencies  in  different  countries  and  different  times  have  actually  approached  the  issue  of  building,  maintaining  and  using competences in their innovation systems; it examines  what are the critical and most  important  issues  at  stake  from  the  point  of  view  of  innovation  policy,  looking  particularly   at   the   unresolved   tensions   and   systemic   unbalances   related   to   competences  in  the  system;  and  last  but  not  least,  it  elaborates  a  set  of  overall  criteria  for  the  selection  and  design  of  relevant  policy  instruments  addressing  those  tensions and unbalances.}},
  author       = {{Borrás, Susana and Charles, Edquist}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{28}},
  publisher    = {{CIRCLE, Lund University}},
  series       = {{CIRCLE Working Paper}},
  title        = {{Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy}},
  url          = {{https://swopec.hhs.se/lucirc/abs/lucirc2013_028.htm}},
  volume       = {{2013}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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