Innovation Policy and Governance in High-Tech Industries

Volker Schneider war bis 1997 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am MPI für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln, und ist seitdem Professor für Materielle Staatstheorie an der Universität Konstanz.

1High-Tech Development in Complex Innovation Systems: An Introduction.- Part I: Theories and Concepts of Innovation Policy.- 2 Theorizing Systems of Innovation.- 3 A Concept of Post-National Knowledge Creation Policies: Beyond the Dichotomy of "National" and "European" Instruments.- 4 The Mass Media as Actors in the Innovation System: Their Relevance for High-Tech Policy Decision.- Part II: National Systems of Innovation and High-Tech Policies.- 5 High-Tech Development and Industrial Policies in a Macro-comparative Perspective.- 6 High-Tech Entrepreneurship in the United States.- 7 A Different Kind of Excellence? High-Tech and Innovation Policy in Switzerland.- 8 The Politics of Innovation: Inter-organisational Networks Around German Innovation Policy Advisory Bodies.- Part III: Industry Perpsectives on Innovation Policy.- 9 Power Games in Space: The German High-Tech Initiative and the European Satnav Project Galileo.- 10 Wind Energy: Global Policies and the Institutional Drivers for Innovation.- 11 German Innovation Policy for Photovoltaics: Radical Innovation in a Coordinated Market Economy?- 12 Health Care in the Digital Age: The Implementation of the Electronic Health Card in Germany.- 13 A Strategy Change in Embryo Research Policies: How Stem Cell Research Transformed National Biotechnology Regulatory Systems.- Part IV: Conclusion.- 14 A Comparative Analysis of Innovation Systems and High-Tech Policy: The Challenges of Complexity.