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Innovation in innovation policy management: The Experimental Technology Incentives Program and the policy experiment

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The Experimental Technology Incentives Program (ETIP) was conceived by the White House in the early 1970s as an innovative response to the perception that the productivity of federally funded R&D needed to be improved. The program conducted studies and ‘policy experiments’ with US government agencies during the period 1972–80 to develop and demonstrate the use of experiments as a tool for managing innovation policy development. The objective was to provide government agencies with a low-risk and effective policy tool, specifically to provide substantial information on the expected performance of a proposed change before making a full-implementation decision. However, such a sophisticated approach was ahead of both a broad recognition of the need for more efficient policy development tools and the internal government capabilities to effectively use this policy development instrument. Thus, ETIP was terminated after 10 years of operation.

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  • Gregory Tassey, 2014. "Innovation in innovation policy management: The Experimental Technology Incentives Program and the policy experiment," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 41(4), pages 419-424.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:41:y:2014:i:4:p:419-424.
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    1. Teich, Albert H., 2018. "In Search of Evidence-based Science Policy: From the Endless Frontier to SciSIP," Annals of Science and Technology Policy, now publishers, vol. 2(2), pages 75-199, June.
    2. Daria Crisan, 2020. "Buying With Intent: Public Procurement for Innovation by Provincial and Municipal Governments," SPP Briefing Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 13(18), July.
    3. Paula Kivimaa & Mikael Hildén & Dave Huitema & Andrew Jordan & Jens Newig, 2015. "Experiments in Climate Governance. Lessons from a Systematic Review of Case Studies in Transition Research," SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-36, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    4. Belinda McFadgen & Dave Huitema, 2018. "Experimentation at the interface of science and policy: a multi-case analysis of how policy experiments influence political decision-makers," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 51(2), pages 161-187, June.
    5. Paula Kivimaa & Karoline S. Rogge, 2020. "Interplay of Policy Experimentation and Institutional Change in Transformative Policy Mixes: The Case of Mobility as a Service in Finland," SPRU Working Paper Series 2020-17, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
    6. Kivimaa, Paula & Rogge, Karoline S., 2022. "Interplay of policy experimentation and institutional change in sustainability transitions: The case of mobility as a service in Finland," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(1).

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