IKED TOPICS
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..:: Measuring Innovation - in search of a more balanced approach
At the national level, the policy spheres of innovation, information society and entrepreneurship have taken magnum leaps in recent years when it comes to moving out of the shadow of traditionally dominating macroeconomic perspectives. In practice, however, much remains to be done to organise effective responses to the real issues complicating and frustrating effective and constructive playing rules in such areas. The problems span from traditional organisational structures and turf-battles within governments as well as between public authorities, to genuine difficulties to comprehend the issues and challenges that characterise a knowledge-based society. Tailor-made approaches are required to address the real issues confronting each society and specific sets of institutional fabric. At the same time, much can be learned from international comparison.
IKED is engaged in a number of international collaborative projects, as well as reform processes in specific countries. In one strand of work, IKED has applied the concept of Triple Helix, in part to examine conditions impacting on university-industry interface, as in Ethiopia where IKED organized a major international conference together with Professor Henry Etzkovitz in 2006. In Malaysia, IKED has contributed actively since 2008 to a number of seminars for policymakers linking university reform and innovation.
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