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A policy model to foster coevolutionary processes of science, technology and innovation: the Mexican case

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  • Gabriela Dutrénit
  • Martín Puchet Anyul
  • Luis Sanz-Menendez
  • Morris Teubal
  • Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz

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This paper argues that in the context of the knowledge economy the coevolution of S&T and Innovation is crucial for developing countries. Two features limit such coevolution in this type of countries: (i) the conditions for generating variation, selection and retention (VSR) processes in both arenas are still incipient, there is neither the required size nor the diversity of agents and organizations, and (ii) even though there are links between the agents and functioning structures, they hardly generate bidirectional causal mechanisms. A set of policies are required to stimulate a coevolutionary process of S&T and Innovation; they should focus on the capabilities and institutions that are required for the emergence of the initial conditions and the promotion of new processes. Drawing on the Systems-Evolutionary Perspective, and based on a comprehensive assessment of the Mexican STI policy 2000-2006, this paper discusses the failures to build virtuous coevolutionary processes of S&T and Innovation and suggests a three stage STI policy design to strengthen the VSR processes and the bidirectional causal mechanisms that contribute to such coevolutive processes

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  • Gabriela Dutrénit & Martín Puchet Anyul & Luis Sanz-Menendez & Morris Teubal & Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz, 2008. "A policy model to foster coevolutionary processes of science, technology and innovation: the Mexican case," Globelics Working Paper Series 2008-03, Globelics - Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems, Aalborg University, Department of Business and Management.
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    Keywords

    Coevolution; innovation; science and technology; development; structural change; policies; Mexico; Israel;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General

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