Term Paper on "National Regional Approach to Innovation"

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National/Regional Approach to Innovation

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In Europe at the end of the 20th century, a trend shifted away from a technology policy based on the remote economic view that there is a direct relationship between scientific advance and economic growth. The former view provided the government with a policy to use but only if there was market failure.

Economists will prove that innovation is a systemic process embedded in national social and institutional traditions, which have influenced a shift towards a new ideal, innovation policy. The innovation standard suggests a wider role for government policy that can address many aspects of systems of innovation. There are three issues which assist in this new standard of innovation: (1) the characteristics of the policy change and how the institutions of various countries have absorbed the new ideal; (2) the forces that have facilitated change, including the role of international organizations in spreading new ideas: and, (3) how policy diffusion and learning occurs. (Senker, Biegelbauer, Borras, 2005)

Innovation policies have several different factors that influence creation and use of knowledge, but their primary focus is to expand the learning abilities of companies and individuals, and promote a national environment supporting innovation. Most innovation policies focus on developing a close cooperation between the individuals involved in innovation, companies and the scientific community, creating intermediary organizations to link together, and improve the availability of their capital. The new 'innovation policies' differ between countries because the National Systems of Innovation (NSI) approach to innovation is not a unified, formal or an established theory. "It is more of a "conceptual framework' for the analysis of the innovative capabilities embedded in a society, with several different interpretations." (Senker, Biegelbauer, Borras, 2005) majority of this innovation has been brought about by legislation, such as the Government's Superannuation legislation which led to the creation of new financial products that have also been technology-enabled. IBM believes a 'technology led' wave of innovation is now starting; this is called the new on-demand era. There have been significant waves of innovation in the past, during these periods we've seen "back-office reform," the abolition of ledger cards, and the introduction of credit cards. The provision of extended (24-hour, 7-day) access to funds through the installation of ATMS in bank branches were also added during this period. After that E. FTPOSmachines were introduced, now things have advanced even further, we have easy Internet access to our banking information. (Fahrer, 2005)

After years of efforts, Europe has made very little progress toward its goal of surpassing the United States in growth, innovation and productivity by the end of the decade. "There is little sign that Europe's economic decline is stopping or turning around, particularly in the large countries of continental Europe," the European Forecasting Network wrote in its fall report. (Report shows...., 2004)

This report was compiled by teams of economists from universities across Europe. This report was more negative than recent comments by European Union officials at the European Commission, which co-finances the research network.

The economists predicted economic growth in the 12-nation euro zone would be 1.9% next year, compared to the commission's current forecast of 2.3%. They blamed the lack of a rebound in investment spending by European business over the past 3 1/2 years and weak household spending for dragging the recovery down. (Report shows...., 2004)

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