Assessing technology and innovation policies: introduction to the special issue INTRODUCTION

This collection of papers brings together eminent international scholars to discuss and analyze regional and country technology and innovation policies from an economic assessment or economic impacts perspectives. The breadth of analysis covers policies relevant to countries in Europe and Asia, as well as the United States. Not only might this collection initiate further study, on a country-by-country basis, of technology and innovation policies, but also it might open doors for comparative policy analysis.