National, sectoral and technological innovation systems: The case of Taiwanese pharmaceutical biotechnology and agricultural biotechnology innovation systems (1945-2000)

Chung, Chao-chen

doi:10.1093/scipol/scs008

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“…irrigation, mechanised weeding) or field of knowledge (e.g. integrated pest management) to address a particular problem that may well cut across different sectoral subsystems (Carlsson and Stankiewicz, 1991;Chung, 2012;Hekkert et al, 2007).…”

Section: Innovation Capacity In the Agricultural Systemmentioning

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RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I). A diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity

Schut

Klerkx

Rodenburg³

et al. 2015

Agricultural Systems

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This paper introduces Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS). RAAIS is a diagnostic tool that can guide the analysis of complex agricultural problems and innovation capacity of the agricultural system in which the complex agricultural problem is embedded. RAAIS focuses on the integrated analysis of different dimensions of problems (e.g. biophysical, technological, socio-cultural, economic, institutional and political), interactions across different levels (e.g. national, regional, local), and the constraints and interests of different stakeholder groups (farmers, government, researchers, etc.). Innovation capacity in the agricultural system is studied by analysing (1) constraints within the institutional, sectoral and technological subsystems of the agricultural system, and (2) the existence and performance of the agricultural innovation support system. RAAIS combines multiple qualitative and quantitative methods, and insider (stakeholders) and outsider (researchers) analyses which allow for critical triangulation and validation of the gathered data. Such an analysis can provide specific entry points for innovations to address the complex agricultural problem under study, and generic entry points for innovation related to strengthening the innovation capacity of agricultural system and the functioning of the agricultural innovation support system. The application of RAAIS to analyse parasitic weed problems in the rice sector, conducted in Tanzania and Benin, demonstrates the potential of the diagnostic tool and provides recommendations for its further development and use.

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Section: Innovation Capacity In the Agricultural Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I). A diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity

Schut

Klerkx

Rodenburg³

et al. 2015

Agricultural Systems

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“…Herbal medicine has been used in Chinese history for five thousand years. Given this history, many actors (firms and intermediaries) in the pharmaceutical, medical, and biotechnology sectors initially focused their original business and technology on herbal medicine before getting involved in biopharmaceutical innovation (Chung, ). Nevertheless, this paper does not consider herbal medicine as part of biopharmaceutical innovation.…”

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The Confluence of Academia and Industry: A Case Study of theTaiwanese Biopharmaceutical Innovation System

Chen

2014

Review of Policy Research

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This study challenges existing literature which maintains that technology latecomers usually depend on imported technologies to develop emerging high‐tech sectors. This paper argues that the domestic institutional environment in facilitating networking might be more important for developing academia‐industry (A‐I) networks. The co‐evolution of institutions and the knowledge transfer process in the Taiwanese Biopharmaceutical Innovation System (TBPIS) is a case in point. Far from relying purely on foreign technologies, several important institutional and policy changes, which transform the institutional environment from prohibiting A‐I intertwining into encouraging A‐I collaborations, have enabled domestic research institutes to influence the acquisition, creation, and diffusion of knowledge in the innovation network. Nonetheless, the country continues to struggle in commercializing domestic scientific research to step into a knowledge‐based economy. Therefore, this paper suggests that more productive strategies would be helpful to advance domestic academic research, sustain A‐I networks, and strengthen the innovation system.

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“…Stankiewicz and Carlsson 1991) and evolutionary economics (Nelson and Winter 1982). In particular, TIS has been used as a lens to better understand path-breaking innovations and sustainability transitions, such as in biomass digestion, solar photovoltaic, or wind energy technology, with a particular emphasis on the so-called 'formative phase' of technology development (Chung 2012;Jacobsson and Bergek 2011;Tigabu et al 2015). This phase is far from linear.…”

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A knowledge-based perspective on system weaknesses in technological innovation systems

Frishammar

Söderholm

Hellsmark

et al. 2018

Science and Public Policy

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The literature on technological innovation systems (TIS) provides policymakers and other actors with a scheme of analysis to identify system weaknesses. In doing so, TIS analysis centres on which system weaknesses policy interventions should target to promote further development of a particular system. However, prior TIS literature has not sufficiently elaborated on what may constitute the conceptual roots of a 'weakness'. We apply a knowledge-based perspective and propose that many-albeit not all-system weaknesses may root in four types of knowledge problems: uncertainty, complexity, equivocality, and ambiguity. Employing these as sensitizing concepts, we study system weaknesses by analysing data from a biorefinery TIS in Sweden. This analysis results in novel implications for the TIS literature and for achieving a better match between system weaknesses and the design of innovation policies.

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National, sectoral and technological innovation systems: The case of Taiwanese pharmaceutical biotechnology and agricultural biotechnology innovation systems (1945-2000)

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I). A diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity

RAAIS: Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (Part I). A diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex problems and innovation capacity

The Confluence of Academia and Industry: A Case Study of theTaiwanese Biopharmaceutical Innovation System

A knowledge-based perspective on system weaknesses in technological innovation systems

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