Política de fomento de la adopción de innovaciones y binestar social: algunas consideraciones relevantes

The socio-economic effects of innovations take place, mainly, when those innovations are adopted by firms or consumers. The rithm and extension of the diffusion of an innovation in the economy determines, in a crucial way, its impact in terms of employment, competitivity, production and social welfare. This is the reason for the existence of innovation diffusion policies in many countries. However, there is no careful anaiysis of the adequacy of those policies in the economic literatura. This work focus on the relevant context to carry out that analysis and on the consequences of different diffusion policies from a social welfare perspective.