Innovation Policies From the European Union: Methods for Classification

In: Bulletin of science, technology & society, Band 27, Heft 6, S. 467-481

Abstract

This study focuses on taxonomic and typological methods of innovation policies in the European institutional context. Although many types of policies affect innovation, no universally accepted criteria exist to classify them. As innovation policy in a myriad of thematic areas—systemic model—has become pluralized, this article offers a method for classification. Such policies are grouped and categorized according to biological and neofunctional approaches.