Four dangers in innovation policy studies – and how to avoid them
本文指出创新政策研究中四种常见危险倾向：理想化政策理由与决策者、将政策视为工具箱、过度信任政策协调与设计、忽视时间维度，并提出改进方向以应对复杂动态和不确定性。
The field of innovation policy studies is at a crossroads. It has clearly been influential. However, might it be losing the critical insight necessary to remain so in future? We discuss four dangerous tendencies seen in many innovation policy studies: idealising policy rationales and policy-makers; treating policies as tools from a toolbox; putting too much faith in coordination and intelligent design of ‘policy mixes’; and taking an atemporal approach to innovation policy. Based on these we identify some ways forward that, we argue, would deal better with the complex multi-actor dynamics, fundamental uncertainties and challenges to the implementation, coordination and evaluation of policies and which would make for more relevant and impactful innovation policy studies.