[Sxi — Springer for Innovation / Sxi — Springer per l’Innovazione] Innovation Law and Policy in the European Union || Introduction: The new meanings of innovation

✍ Scribed by Granieri, Massimiliano; Renda, Andrea

• Book ID: 120269999
• Publisher: Springer Milan
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: Italian
• Weight: 917 KB
• Edition: 2012
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 8847019176
• DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-1917-1_1

✦ Synopsis

The book provides a critical overview of innovation policy in Europe and a synopsis of the current institutional framework of Europe shaped after the Europe2020 strategy and in view of the upcoming Horizon2020 agenda. What emerges is a rather gloomy outlook for the future of Europe's innovation, unless EU institutions and Member States will decide to streamline existing policies and build a "layered" model of innovation, in which governments act as investors in key enabling infrastructure such as ICT and education; as enablers of large technology markets where researchers and entrepreneurs can meet; and as purchasers of innovation when key societal challenges are at stake. The book contains proposals for the future innovation strategy of the EU and a specific analysis of areas such as the unitary patent, the transfer of technology (particularly as far as climate-related technologies and IP markets are concerned), standardization, and the digital agenda.