Science and Technology Policies: a tale of political use, misuse and abuse of traditional R&D indicators
| Autor: | Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer, Fernando Jiménez-Sáez, Elena Castro-Martínez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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R&D indicators
Economic growth R&D convergence Public economics business.industry Interpretation (philosophy) Technology policy S&T policies General Social Sciences Library and Information Sciences Innovation system Affect (psychology) Empreses Direcció i administració Computer Science Applications Politics Business sector Economics Convergence (relationship) Human resources business Política científica |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Castro-Martínez, Elena Jiménez Sáez, Fernando Ortega-Colomer, Francisco Javier 2009 Science and technology policies: A tale of political use, misuse and abuse of traditional R&D indicators Scientometrics 80 3 827 844 RODERIC. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat de Valéncia |
| Popis: | 6 tables, 2 figures, 18 pages Future political priorities for science and technology (S&T) policy formulation usually rest on a rather simplistic interpretation of past events. This can lead to serious errors and distortions and can negatively affect the innovation system. In this article we try to highlight the riskiness involved in policy making based on traditional R&D indicators and trends. We would emphasise that this approach does not take account of structural aspects crucial for the analysis of the innovation system. We examine the implications for science, technical and human resources policies of the political challenge of R&D convergence in a peripheral EU region. Three scenarios are developed based on application of the same criteria to the trends observed in traditional R&D input indicators. The authors acknowledge the financial support received from the Spanish National R&D Plan (Project ref.: SEJ2005-05923/EDUC and Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer’s grant: BES-2006-13425). |
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