The New Role of the State for Transformative Innovation

About the Book

This comprehensive Handbook explores the multifaceted and evolving role of the state in driving innovation, with a view to addressing the grand societal challenges, including sustainability, social inclusivity and economic transformation.

Drawing on current debates, contributing authors illustrate how states can create resilient innovation systems in order to mitigate the unprecedented societal and environmental challenges of the 21st century. They examine theoretical frameworks, policy styles and practical tools for government intervention, highlighting the balance between regulation, incentivization and active participation. Chapters outline how the state can function as a regulator, innovator, orchestrator and social advocate across various contexts, with examples from advanced economies, emerging markets and the Global South. Foregrounding novel policy directions and approaches, such as mission-oriented policies, systemic innovation tools and agile governance, this Handbook sets a transformative agenda for future research and practice.

This volume is an essential resource for scholars and students in the fields of innovation studies, economics, political science, and environmental and sustainability studies. Providing actionable strategies for technological and social change, it is also greatly beneficial to policymakers and practitioners in innovation and economic development.

Table of Contents:
Contents 1 Towards a new role of the state for transformative innovation 1 U�w�e� �C�a�n�t�n�e�r�,� �D�i�r�k� �F�o�r�n�a�h�l�,� �a�n�d� �S�t�e�f�a�n� �K�u�h�l�m�a�n�n� PART I STATE, CAPITALISM, INNOVATION, AND WELFARE 2 The political economy of capabilities accumulation: from catching-up lessons to transformative industrial policies 20 M�a�r�i�o� �C�i�m�o�l�i�,� �G�i�o�v�a�n�n�i� �D�o�s�i�,� �a�n�d� �J�o�s�e�p�h� �E�.� �S�t�i�g�l�i�t�z� 3 MNEs, innovation, capitalism, and democracy 45 E�v�a� �D�a�n�t�a�s� �a�n�d� �E�l�i�s�a� �G�i�u�l�i�a�n�i� 4 Innovation and economic well-being 63 L�u�c� �S�o�e�t�e� �a�n�d� �B�a�r�t� �V�e�r�s�p�a�g�e�n� 5 Innovation commons: new innovation policy for a digital economy 80 J�a�s�o�n� �P�o�t�t�s� PART II GRAND SOCIETAL CHANGES AND STATE CAPACITY TO FOSTER DESIRABLE INNOVATION 6 The rediscovery of mission orientation in research and innovation policy in Europe: in need of new state capacities 93 W�o�l�f�g�a�n�g� �P�o�l�t� �a�n�d� �M�a�t�t�h�i�a�s� �W�e�b�e�r� 7 Innovation policy as an instrument for driving transformation: lessons from practice 109 S�o�f�i�a� �A�v�d�e�i�t�c�h�i�k�o�v�a� �a�n�d� �S�y�l�v�i�a� �S�c�h�w�a�a�g� �S�e�r�g�e�r� 8 From technological to transformative missions: institutional capacities and capabilities for contemporary mission-oriented policies 130 C�a�e�t�a�n�o� �C�.�R�.� �P�e�n�n�a�,� �D�i�a�n�a� �V�e�l�a�s�c�o�,� �J�o�h�a�n� �S�c�h�o�t�,� �a�n�d� �J�o�r�d�i� �M�o�l�a�s�-�G�a�l�l�a�r�t� 9 Public agencies for innovation-led growth and transformation 148 D�a�n� �B�r�e�z�n�i�t�z� �a�n�d� �S�t�e�v�e�n� �S�a�m�f�o�r�d� PART III DIRECTIONS OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES 10 Reframing innovation policy: social innovation and a new innovation paradigm 165 J�ür�g�e�n� �H�o�w�a�l�d�t� 11 Innovation (policy) and the climate turn 180 Till Requate 12 Mobilizing innovation policy in the pursuit of net zero emissions: an evolutionary perspective 195 Jan Fagerberg PART IV TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION POLICIES IN EMERGING ECONOMIES 13 The state as the “shield of the weak”: innovation policy as an inclusive strategy 210 Judith Sutz 14 Disentangling the multilevel roles of the state in transformative innovation policy in the Global South: nested governance configurations in the case of Uruguay and Colombia 223 Mario A. Pinzón-Camargo, Isabel Bortagaray, Alejandro Balanzó-Guzmán, Juan Pablo Centeno, Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros, and Stefan Kuhlmann 15 Persistent problems in China’s innovation system: institutions and politics 246 Douglas B. Fuller and Ricardo Lopez Kotz PART V MULTIPLE ROLES FOR THE STATE IN COPING WITH INNOVATION 16 States and markets in innovation research and innovation policy: achievements and challenges 261 Charles Edquist 17 Green innovation policy in transition 279 Reinhilde Veugelers 18 States of innovation: a critical perspective 291 Joakim Juhl, Erik Aarden, and Sebastian Michael Pfotenhauer 19 Creative corporatism: how the state supports transformative innovation in Nordic Europe 309 Darius Ornston PART VI PROVEN AND NEW POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR INNOVATION 20 Demand, public procurement, and transformation 323 Jakob Edler 21 The role of regulation for socio-technical transformations 348 Knut Blind 22 Technological sovereignty of an economy: mastery and availability of key enabling technologies 361 Uwe Cantner, Helge Dauchert, Lukas Dreier, Patrick Figge, and Carolin Häussler 23 Evaluating transitions and missions: it’s all about the theory 379 Erik Arnold and Emily Wise 24 Transformations need resilient policy designs: a multi-level analysis of policy mix coherence and regional resilience during the COVID-19 crisis in Western Norway 397 Saeed Moghadam-Saman, Lars Coenen, and Elvira Uyarra PART VII PLACE-BASED INNOVATION POLICIES 25 Smart specialisation strategies 415 Dominique Foray 26 Policy mixes for new placed-based innovation policies: the role of regions in addressing grand societal challenges 435 Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson 27 Building regional (transformative) resilience by regional innovation policy? 449 Huiwen Gong and Robert Hassink Afterword: dawn of a libertarian and conflictual era 465

About the Author :
Edited by Uwe Cantner, Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany and University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Dirk Fornahl, Professor of Regional Economics, University of Bremen, Germany and Stefan Kuhlmann, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Review :
‘This is a master chef guide to the ingredients needed to build a more sustainable and equal future. Ingredients rather than recipes in that the actions and policies needed must be situated in time and place. The book’s world class contributions tackle key present and future challenges locally and globally.’