Can PPI enhance public policy?

摘要

Janaina Oliveira Pamplona da Costa$1; $1Departamento de Politica Cientt'fica e Tecnologica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6152, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil; jpamplona@ige.unicamp.br; There is a long tradition of public policy to support socioeconomic development, requiring innovation-related activities such as R&D. Since the 1950s, many studies have investigated how supply-side innovation policies can contribute to societal goals, but less is known about demand-side policies. The editors of this book claim this is partly the result of the smaller number of demand-side policies compared to supply-side policies-and especially public procurement for innovation (PPI) as a demand-side innovation policy. In times of economic crisis and austerity, effective public spending is highlighted, as financial resources are scarce. Potentially, PPI could be an effective tool to fulfil societal goals. This book contributes in two ways: first, it defines concepts and proposes a PPI typology and methodological tools for implementation in future PPI studies to enable consistent comparisons among regions and countries. Second, it provides an empirical survey and case study evidence of the effectiveness of PPI in countries at different stages of development in Europe, the USA, China, and Brazil.